Decision support methodology for complex contexts
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Sustainability has become one of the expected competencies for the civil engineer. Embedding sustainability into practice constitutes a burden of responsibility, yet an opportunity to provide leadership. It is one of those subjects that we cannot afford to ignore.
ICE Proceedings: Engineering Sustainability provides a forum for sharing the latest thinking from research and practice, and increasingly is presenting the 'how to' of engineering a resilient future.
It features refereed papers and shorter articles relating to the pursuit and implementation of sustainability principles through engineering planning, design and application. The tensions between and integration of social, economic and environmental considerations within such schemes are of particular relevance. Methodologies for assessing sustainability, policy issues, education and corporate responsibility will also be included.
The aims will be met primarily by providing papers and briefing notes (including case histories and best practice guidance) of use to decision-makers, practitioners, researchers and students.
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- By this author:
L. Elghali
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R. Clift
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K. G. Begg
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S. McLaren
Complex decision contexts involving multiple (and often competing) policy objectives are common in both strategic and operational decisions encountered in engineering projects or programmes. The need to consider multiple objectives and to address the concerns of diverse stakeholders raises particular difficulties in applying sustainable development principles to defining and choosing an optimum project, process, product, policy or solution. This paper derives some fundamental characteristics of appropriate support for sustainable development decisions. Using these characteristics, three methodologies, which have been proposed as support tools for making strategic decisions and assessing policy choices for their contributions towards sustainable development, are reviewed critically with reference to their theoretical basis and informed by case studies of engineering applications. Recommendations are made to support best practice and to develop more effective support for such decisions in future.
- Keywords:
research & development;
environment;
reviews
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2008.161.1.7
- Affiliations:
1: University of Surrey Guildford, UK;
2: University of Edinburgh UK
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