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Review and Selection of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Technique for Sustainability Assessment

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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) follows a transparent and structured process for a decision making by considering multiple criteria, whereas sustainability assessment requires to manage and assess multidimensional indicators. Hence, the procedures of MCDA can be useful to assess sustainability. In this chapter, to understand the applicability of MCDA for sustainability assessment the concept, procedure, strength and weakness, and classification of MCDA as well as suitability and the steps require to follow in using MCDA technique for sustainability assessment are discussed. Two case studies of the application of MCDA techniques for sustainability assessment are shown and their advantage and disadvantage are presented with a direction of further research.

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Talukder, B., Hipel, K.W. (2021). Review and Selection of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Technique for Sustainability Assessment. In: Ren, J. (eds) Energy Systems Evaluation (Volume 1). Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67529-5_7

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