11. Comparing MCDA Methods Article Swipe
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· 2016
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0108.11
· OA: W2563135058
Tools and methods to support participatory decision making often focus on a specific part of the process, ignoring the wider context.In this project we have started out from a broader picture, situating particular parts of the process in relation to each other and trying to promote a mutual recognition of different levels of information production that play a role in the decision making processes.The research project has looked at participatory decision making processes in the following cases: RINKEBY-KISTA: URBAN DEVELOPMENTThe suburbs of Husby and Kista are situated next to each other in Rinkeby-Kista in the north of Stockholm, and were built in the 1970s and 1980s.There are huge differences between the two areas.The population of Husby has over 12,000 residents, registers high unemployment rates and has a high proportion of first-and second-generation immigrants.Kista is known as the Silicon Valley of Sweden; it contains several of Sweden's leading companies in new technologies and IT, and over 25,000 people work there.It is an expanding area with many new developments and there are tensions arising from gentrification. SVARTÅN RIVER: POLLUTIONThe river Svartån flows through Örebro, the sixth largest city in Sweden.The river is under intensive agricultural use, and is polluted from nitrate fertilisers, with quite severe social and economic consequences including a decline of cultural and economic value of the land.The aim of the case study was to reach a more sustainable long-term solution with improved water quality in spite of socio-economic constraints. ROȘIA MONTANĂ: GOLD EXPLOITATION Roșia Montană is a commune of Alba County in westernTransylvania with rich mineral resources that have been exploited since Roman times.It is also the context for a longstanding conflict around plans to open a new mine.The aim of the study was to clarify the decision components involved and suggest a course of action. UPPLANDS VÄSBY: URBAN DEVELOPMENTUpplands Väsby is a municipality in the northern part of the Stockholm region with just over 40,000 inhabitants.It experienced rapid growth in the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a commuter suburb for the labour-force in workplaces in the central region.Rapid growth of the Stockholm region has opened up new possibilities for the future development of Upplands Väsby and the plan is to increase its population, and also the number of workplaces, and to strengthen public and commercial services. THE STOCKHOLM-MÄLAR REGION: A LOW-CARBON SOCIETYThe Stockholm-Mälar region is home to almost three million inhabitants, with a rapidly expanding population.It is also a region with very high innovation orientation, involving global high-tech, telecom, medical/pharmaceutical specialities and other cuttingedge technologies.The design of policies for the region is highly relevant for future-planning in other areas.
