A bibliometric analysis on the use of the multicriteria approach to the water resource management

Abstract: The purpose of this article was to accomplish a literature review to analyze the scientific studies which were based on Multicriteria Methods to study water resources management in agriculture. Scientific production indicators were established for the subject, through a descriptive analysis of 519 publications data set generated by the Scopus database search engine. The publications were refined applying several criteria resulting in 30 articles considered to be the most important to interpret the factors that detail the researched topic. The analyzed scientific studies also show that the structuring of multicriteria models is designed to better understand the problem or the process of decision making rather than to make the decisions itself. Furthermore, to the water resources management field, they provide a way to discuss and deal with problems like water distribution and pollution. An aggregating function along with a compensatory approach is used in most publications. Although participatory techniques were not the approach used by most studies, its potential was recognized for dealing with problems such as water management resources.

摘要：本文旨在通过文献综述，分析以多准则方法（Multicriteria Methods）开展农业水资源管理研究的相关科学成果。研究依托Scopus数据库（Scopus）检索得到的519篇文献数据集，通过描述性分析为该研究主题构建了科学产出指标体系。经多维度筛选标准优化后，最终纳入30篇核心文献，用于深入阐释本研究主题的相关影响因素。所分析的科学研究显示，多准则模型的构建旨在更好地理解问题本质或决策流程，而非直接辅助决策制定。此外，该类方法可为水资源管理领域提供应对水资源分配、水污染等问题的讨论与解决路径。多数研究采用了聚合函数结合补偿性方法的研究范式。尽管多数研究未采用参与式技术，但学界已认可其在水资源管理相关问题中的应用潜力。