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Beyond Ad-Hoc: An Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis in Emergency Planning and Response

MILZ, GEOFFREY G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212072805

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2008, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Community Planning.
Emergency responders face the difficulty of having to make decisions in less than prime situations. These ad-hoc decision situations invite a decision structuring exercise in which the problem is formulated, criteria and sub-criteria identified and a weighting system derived before the decision is made in the field. This study deconstructs an ad-hoc decision-making process used by emergency responders for the disposal of animal carcasses following a scenario-based incident of agricultural terrorism. By exploring the potential use of MCDA - the Analytic Hierarchy Process in particular - to act as a scenario-based, strategic emergency planning tool, its potential role as a tool to facilitate knowledge transfer, and its potential to model an ad-hoc decision, this study attempts to add to the decision-making capacity of emergency responders and inform emergency planning processes.
Carla Chifos, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Dan Peterson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Tonya Nichols, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
198 p.
Urban Planning
multiple criteria decision analysis; emergency planning; analytic hierarchy process

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  • MILZ, G. G. (2008). Beyond Ad-Hoc: An Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis in Emergency Planning and Response [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212072805

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MILZ, GEOFFREY. Beyond Ad-Hoc: An Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis in Emergency Planning and Response. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212072805.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MILZ, GEOFFREY. "Beyond Ad-Hoc: An Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis in Emergency Planning and Response." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212072805

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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