Hosseini, S M A; De La Fuente, A and Pons, O (2016) Multicriteria decision-making method for sustainable site location of post-disaster temporary housing in urban areas. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(9): 04016036, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Many people lose their homes around the world every year because of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes. In the aftermath of a natural disaster, the displaced people (DP) have to move to temporary housing (TH) and do not have the ability to choose the settlement dimensions, distributions, neighborhood, or other characteristics of their TH. Additionally, post-disaster settlement construction causes neighborhood changes, environmental degradation, and large-scale public expenditures. This paper presents a new model to support decision makers in choosing site locations for TH. The model is capable of determining the optimal site location based on the integration of economic, social, and environmental aspects into the whole life cycle of these houses. The integrated value model for sustainable assessment (MIVES), a multicriteria decision making (MCDM) model, is used to assess the sustainability of the aforementioned aspects, and MIVES includes the value function concept, which permits indicator homogenization by taking into account the satisfaction of the involved stakeholders.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | analytical hierarchy process; model for sustainable assessment; multicriteria decision making; post-disaster temporary housing; quantitative methods; site selection; sustainability |
| Index terms: | earthquake, tsunami, dimension, analytical hierarchy process, environmental degradation, public expenditure, whole life cycle, satisfaction, decision-making, integration, urban area, site selection, quantitative method, temporary housing, natural disaster |
| Subjects: | environmental impact, health monitoring assessment and metrics, project delivery, data analysis and analytics, specific urban areas and projects, urban form and morphology, sustainability assessment, political science, environmental hazards, decision-making and optimization, decision analysis, cognitive psychology, organizational analysis |
| Topics: | Project Management, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Health and Safety, Governance, Sustainability, Risk Management, Urban Studies, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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