IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/apjorx/v28y2011i05ns0217595911003442.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Planning Relocation Of People For Developing Surface Mines In Densely Populated Areas: Optimization Of Multiple Objectives

Author

Listed:
  • SAJJAD ZAHIR

    (Decision Sciences and Information Systems, Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive W, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4, Canada)

  • RUHUL SARKER

    (School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, Australia 2600, Australia)

Abstract

Surface mining, often adopted for exploiting natural resources all over the world, is a major subject of debate as it causes major environmental impacts. It not only adversely alters the landscape but it also seriously hampers the traditional living conditions of numerous inhabitants, who may be displaced against their wishes without receiving necessary compensation. In this paper, goal programming is combined with the analytic hierarchy process to determine optimal decisions for the planned relocation of people where surface mining may take place in a densely populated environment, while addressing multiple conflicting objectives. The combined approach is illustrated with a numerical example highlighting its usage in other decision problems.

Suggested Citation

  • Sajjad Zahir & Ruhul Sarker, 2011. "Planning Relocation Of People For Developing Surface Mines In Densely Populated Areas: Optimization Of Multiple Objectives," Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 28(05), pages 563-583.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:apjorx:v:28:y:2011:i:05:n:s0217595911003442
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217595911003442
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217595911003442
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0217595911003442?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.

    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:wsi:apjorx:v:28:y:2011:i:05:n:s0217595911003442. 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: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/apjor/apjor.shtml .

    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.