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Evaluation of the VIKOR and FOWA Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods for Climate-Change Adaptation of Agricultural Water Supply

Authors: Parvin Golfam, Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh, Hugo A. Loáiciga

Published in: Water Resources Management | Issue 8/2019

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Confronting climate change is a daunting challenge that requires policies for climate adaptation in the field of water resources management. This paper proposes a method for reservoir operation associated with climate-change projections aimed at ensuring the sustainability of agricultural water supply. The method is applied to the Aidoghmoush reservoir in East Azerbaijan province (Iran) employing climate-change projections for 2040–2069, and compares the future-period results with those calculated for the baseline period (1971–2000). The water-supply system depending on the Aidoghmoush reservoir is simulated using the climate-change projections. The water-supply system simulations are ranked with two multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods according to their suitability for satisfying agricultural water demands and sustain cropping patterns. These are the multi-criteria optimization and compromise resolution (VIKOR) and the Fuzzy Order Weighted Average (FOWA) MCDM methods. The MCDM methods identify the best water-supply management alternatives for climate-change adaptation.

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Title: Evaluation of the VIKOR and FOWA Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods for Climate-Change Adaptation of Agricultural Water Supply
Authors: Parvin Golfam
Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh
Hugo A. Loáiciga
Publication date: 16-05-2019
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Water Resources Management / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0920-4741
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1650
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02274-z

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