Aggregating spatially explicit criteria: avoiding spatial compensation

摘要: AbstractSince the shift from safety-oriented planning towards risk-based flood management planning, both hydrology/hydraulic research as well operations have made remarkable progress. Unfortunately, in transfer of information between areas expertise, valuable spatial is being lost, which may lead to flawed decision-making. Spatial aggregation positive or negative criteria score across cells customary holds a major pitfall: compensation at river basin scale. If one cell's benefits outweigh another detriments, these detriments are lost process. However, not all variables commensurable. A decision-maker might reasonably object an alternative that generates additional damage, even if they amply compensated elsewhere. Current procedures more tendency veil problems then deal with them. Moreover, defined equity also often decision m...