Assessing stakeholder evaluation concerns: An application to the Central Arizona water resources system

We present an approach for efficiently assessing stakeholder evaluation concerns in the first stage of problem structuring for decisions involving complex systems. We used a Web survey to assess the appropriateness of a set of evaluation concerns for evaluating Central Arizona water resources system...

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Published in:Systems engineering 2010-03, Vol.13 (1), p.58-71
Main Authors: Robin Keller, L., Kirkwood, Craig W., Jones, Nancy S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Applied sciences
Biological and medical sciences
decision analysis
Decision theory. Utility theory
environmental decision making
evaluation concerns
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
Irrigation. Drainage
multiple objectives
multiple stakeholders
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
problem structuring
systems planning
tradeoff studies
water resources planning
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Summary:We present an approach for efficiently assessing stakeholder evaluation concerns in the first stage of problem structuring for decisions involving complex systems. We used a Web survey to assess the appropriateness of a set of evaluation concerns for evaluating Central Arizona water resources system policies and to gather information on stakeholder priorities. The resulting set of concerns brings a “decision focus” to the modeling efforts of the NSF‐funded Decision Center for a Desert City at Arizona State University. This problem structuring approach, the set of evaluation concerns, and the analysis of variations among stakeholder group priorities can serve as a starting point for other similar policy settings. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng
ISSN:1098-1241
1520-6858
DOI:10.1002/sys.20132