<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Environmental hazards (natural and man-made) have always constituted problem in many developing and developed countries. Many applications proved that these problems could be solved through planning studies and detailed information about these prone areas. Determining time and location and size of the problem are important for decision makers for planning and management activities. It is important to know the risk represented by those hazards and take actions to protect against them. Multicriteria analysis methods - Analytic hierarchy process, Pairwise comparison, Ranking method are used to analyse which is the most dangerous hazard facing Libya country. The multicriteria analysis ends with a more or less stable ranking of the given alternatives and hence a recommendation as to which alternative(s) problems should be preferred. Regarding our problem of environmental risk assessment, the result will be a ranking or categorisation of hazards with regard to their risk level.</p></abstract>

Environmental hazards (natural and man-made) have always constituted problem in many developing and developed countries. Many applications proved that these problems could be solved through planning studies and detailed information about these prone areas. Determining time and location and size of the problem are important for decision makers for planning and management activities. It is important to know the risk represented by those hazards and take actions to protect against them. Multicriteria analysis methods - Analytic hierarchy process, Pairwise comparison, Ranking method are used to analyse which is the most dangerous hazard facing Libya country. The multicriteria analysis ends with a more or less stable ranking of the given alternatives and hence a recommendation as to which alternative(s) problems should be preferred. Regarding our problem of environmental risk assessment, the result will be a ranking or categorisation of hazards with regard to their risk level.

Multicriteria analysis in hazards assessment in Libya

Technical University of Košice Civil Engineering Faculty, Institute of Environmental Engineering

Technical University of Košice Civil Engineering Faculty, Institute of Construction Technology and Management

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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Environmental hazards (natural and man-made) have always constituted problem in many developing and developed countries. Many applications proved that these...

Multicriteria analysis in hazards assessment in Libya

Published Online: Dec 15, 2012

Page range: 59 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10299-012-0007-0

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