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Stigma Assessment: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach

Author/s: Nelson Chan

Date Published: 1/01/2002

Published in: Volume 8 - 2002 Issue 1 (pages 29 - 47)

Abstract

Stigma of contaminated land is caused by risk perception and has an uncertain nature. It is proposed to assess stigma impacts using a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach. In this regard, a model is constructed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. The case study shows that the MCDM approach has provided a logical and structured framework to process relevant criteria and it is feasible to apply this method to assess the required stigma adjustment factor.

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Keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process - Contaminated Land - Margin of Error - Multi-Criteria Decision-Making - Risk Perception - Stigma

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