IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/transp/v36y2013i5p435-449.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Multicriteria analysis of inland waterway transport projects: the case of the Marajó Island waterway project in Brazil

Author

Listed:
  • Floriano Carlos Martins Pires
  • Fabio Sciberras de Carvalho

Abstract

This paper proposes a multicriteria methodology for the analysis of investment in inland waterway infrastructure projects, taking into consideration allocative efficiency, the effect on regional development and environmental impact. The methodology is based on an analytic hierarchy process approach. As an example, the case of an important Brazilian Amazonian project is analysed. The Marajó Island waterway project has been under discussion for a long time in Brazil, as it is located in an environmentally sensitive area, but at the same time it is considered to have a critical impact on regional economic development. A Monte Carlo simulation is performed to take into account uncertainties related to knowledge failure on project impact or on the conditions that determine the relative importance of the decision criteria.

Suggested Citation

  • Floriano Carlos Martins Pires & Fabio Sciberras de Carvalho, 2013. "Multicriteria analysis of inland waterway transport projects: the case of the Marajó Island waterway project in Brazil," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 435-449, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transp:v:36:y:2013:i:5:p:435-449
    DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2013.818273
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/03081060.2013.818273
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/03081060.2013.818273?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:transp:v:36:y:2013:i:5:p:435-449. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/GTPT20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.