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学术成果。本研究针对该主题构建了科研产出评价指标，通过对Scopus数据库（Scopus）检索生成的519篇文献数据集开展描述性分析。经多项筛选标准对文献进行甄别提纯后，最终纳入30篇核心文献，用以系统阐释本研究主题的关键影响因素。本次分析的学术研究还表明，多准则模型的构建初衷在于更好地理解研究问题或决策流程，而非直接做出决策。此外，该类研究为水资源管理领域提供了讨论与解决水资源分配、水污染等问题的可行路径。多数文献均采用聚合函数（aggregating function）与补偿性方法（compensatory approach）相结合的研究范式。尽管多数研究未采用参与式技术（participatory techniques），但学界已认可该技术在解决水资源管理相关问题中的应用潜力。