Group Analytic Hierarchy Process Sorting II Method: An Application to Evaluate the Economic Value of a Wine Region Landscape

摘要: In the ongoing context of climate change, there is an increasing need to support decision-making processes in domain landscape planning and management. Suitable evaluation techniques are needed take into account interests actors stakeholders shared policy decisions. An important methodological contribution field given by Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), due its ability combine multiple aspects a decision problem with values opinions expressed different Makers. The present paper develops “Group Analytic Hierarchy Process Sorting II method” (GAHPSort II), which aims sort group municipalities included UNESCO site “Vineyard Landscape Piedmont: Langhe-Roero, Monferrato” (Italy) according economic attractiveness landscape. Extending previous versions AHPSort I, GAHPSort, GAHPSort optimizes multi-stakeholder evaluations on large databases reducing number comparisons. Moreover, method proposed as novel spatial system because it combines set indicators for GIS methods aiding Makers better understand case study definition localization policies strategies