Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Evaluation of the resilience of complex territorial systems by using MCDA: an application to the Douro Valley (Portugal) |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Assumma V., Bottero M., Lourenço J. M., Monaco R., Rodrigues D. S., and Soares A. J. |
Abstract | The present work focuses on the development of an integrated evaluation framework with the aim to assess the resilience of an environmental system. This framework analyses the environmental system by employing a set of territorial resilience indicators in the framework of a Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), and by integrating Lotka-Volterra mathematical model of cooperative type. The system of territorial resilience indicators is able to identify the most valuable and the most critical areas that need an intervention in terms of enhancement and conservation. The mathematical model is a Network Environment Model (NEM) that aims to simulate future territorial scenarios when the connectivity between the landscape units under investigation is taken into account. This integrated evaluation framework is here applied to one of the most important European wine regions located in Northern Portugal: the Douro Valley. Such framework may be considered a useful support for technicians and decision-makers in the field of regional development and planning to interpret complex territorial dynamics and so defining more sustainable territorial policies and actions. |
Conference Name | 30th European Conference on Operational Research |
Date Published | 2019-06-23 |
Publisher | University College Dublin |
Conference Location | Dublin, Ireland |
DOI | Doi: |
URL | https://www.euro2019dublin.com/ |
Keywords | Environmental system, GIS, Indicators, Mathematical modelling, MCDA, Resilience |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt