Assessment Workshop regarding the whole Rotterdam-Genoa corridor has been
conducted in two sessions of one and half days, but it came at the end of a larger
preparatory process, composed of meetings, focus groups and workshops.
The preparation has been important to generate the right collaboration climate for
the implementation of the procedure and to allow the participants to be familiar with
the issues and the material, which would then have been object of the assessment.
4.1.3 Results and Role Played by the MCDA
The aim of the Collaborative Assessment Procedure was to accompany the development of a shared position by the CODE24 project partnership regarding the most
relevant issues affecting the future corridor’s development. The assessment phase
has therefore been an interactive process. It promoted an open and intensive discussion among the partners and other important stakeholders on the spatial and infrastructure development of the Rotterdam-Genoa corridor, in different regions and at
interregional level.
From the methodological point of view the experiment represented a groundbreaking activity. It provided the right environment for testing innovative instruments and tools and collects important feedback on their performances. In particular,
it seems that the combination of different inputs and modes of joint interaction is able
to support a productive discussion also when dealing with extremely complex and
challenging tasks. The workshops proved to be able to consolidate and enhance the
collaboration between the participants, in spite of limited time and the difficulties
arising from the different backgrounds of the stakeholders. The most significant sign
of the action’s success was the willingness of the involved partners to continue with
the joint, collaborative work in the coming future.
4.2 Waste Management: The Role of the Dominance Base
Rough Sets Approach for a Waste Disposal
4.2.1 Decision Problem
The decision problem presented concerns the choice of the most suitable location for
a MSWP in the Province of Torino (Italy).
The research is based on an environmental analysis developed by the Provincial
Administration (ATO-R 2007) highlighting 39 sites as potentially suitable for the
location of the MSWP (Fig. 6.2). In the study, the 39 sites are analysed on the basis
of qualitative and quantitative attributes according to specific indicators as presence
of population, water table depth, vulnerability, valuable crops, number of farms, land
use capacity, interference with traffic and operating costs (Abastante et al. 2012).
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conducted in two sessions of one and half days, but it came at the end of a larger
preparatory process, composed of meetings, focus groups and workshops.
The preparation has been important to generate the right collaboration climate for
the implementation of the procedure and to allow the participants to be familiar with
the issues and the material, which would then have been object of the assessment.
4.1.3 Results and Role Played by the MCDA
The aim of the Collaborative Assessment Procedure was to accompany the development of a shared position by the CODE24 project partnership regarding the most
relevant issues affecting the future corridor’s development. The assessment phase
has therefore been an interactive process. It promoted an open and intensive discussion among the partners and other important stakeholders on the spatial and infrastructure development of the Rotterdam-Genoa corridor, in different regions and at
interregional level.
From the methodological point of view the experiment represented a groundbreaking activity. It provided the right environment for testing innovative instruments and tools and collects important feedback on their performances. In particular,
it seems that the combination of different inputs and modes of joint interaction is able
to support a productive discussion also when dealing with extremely complex and
challenging tasks. The workshops proved to be able to consolidate and enhance the
collaboration between the participants, in spite of limited time and the difficulties
arising from the different backgrounds of the stakeholders. The most significant sign
of the action’s success was the willingness of the involved partners to continue with
the joint, collaborative work in the coming future.
4.2 Waste Management: The Role of the Dominance Base
Rough Sets Approach for a Waste Disposal
4.2.1 Decision Problem
The decision problem presented concerns the choice of the most suitable location for
a MSWP in the Province of Torino (Italy).
The research is based on an environmental analysis developed by the Provincial
Administration (ATO-R 2007) highlighting 39 sites as potentially suitable for the
location of the MSWP (Fig. 6.2). In the study, the 39 sites are analysed on the basis
of qualitative and quantitative attributes according to specific indicators as presence
of population, water table depth, vulnerability, valuable crops, number of farms, land
use capacity, interference with traffic and operating costs (Abastante et al. 2012).
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