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Change of forest land use - problems, losses, values
2006
Bara, G.
Forests and possibilities for forest land use have always played a very significant role in Latvia, gathering important experience in the course of time that can be analysed and used to improve the existing laws and regulations on the basis of the acquired results. the territory is characterised by a high percentage of forest coverage and its potential to increase up two thirds of the terrestrial area of the country. In the current economic, social and ecological situation it is important to provide a scientific explanation for the future fluctuations of forest resources balance due to natural and artificial transformation of lands - what is discussed in this article?
Show more [+] Less [-]Rural community public project valuation applying TOPSIS multi-criteria method
2015
Baranauskiene, J., Aleksandras Stulginskis Univ., Akademija, Kauno reg. (Lithuania) | Mazure, G., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Alekneviciene, V., Aleksandras Stulginskis Univ., Akademija, Kauno reg. (Lithuania)
The primary goal of public projects is to create social benefits for the community. The prepared public project usually has more than one option. In order to choose the most efficient option, it is necessary to take into consideration all social benefits. For this reason multi-criteria methods may be applied since they provide a possibility to assess quantitatively social benefits which are measured in many different quantitative and qualitative indicators. The problem of the research stems from a variety of social benefits indicators of public projects, the problematic establishment of their value and the need of their complex valuation. The paper presents a methodology for TOPSIS multi-criteria method adapted for the valuation of public projects in order to select investment option and the empirical research makes it possible to look at the problems of public project valuation from the practical approach. The research of the paper is aimed at revealing the advantages and limitations of TOPSIS multi-criteria method used for public projects valuation.
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