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Qualitative Prioritization of Rivers of Kashkan Basin in Lorestan Province for Aquaculture (Coldwater Fishes) Development Using Fuzzy AHP and VIKOR methods
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Morteza Ghobadi   , Manoochehr Nasri * , Alireza Sepahvand |
| Department of Environmental and Fisheries Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran |
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| A variety of indicators should be considered to water allocation for aquaculture purposes. This criteria is more important in Lorestan province as the topest center of cold water fish production among the non-coastal provinces in Iran. In the present study, the Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) method was used to prioritize the water resources for aquaculture water allocation. For this purpose, some water quality data were used from 13 branches of Kashkan River obtained from available reports. The data validity was confirmed according to Fisheries experts. The Fuzzy AHP method was used to determining and weighing of the criteria. Finally, prioritization of target rivers for aquaculture purposes was done based on the combination of Fuzzy AHP and VIKOR methods. The results showed that Kahman, Doab-e aleshter and Kakasharaf Rivers had the highest priority respectively for aquaculture purposes. The results of this study confirmed the compatibility of the fuzzy vikor method for decision making on prioritization of water resources allocation for aquaculture purposes. |
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| Keywords: Multi-criteria decision-making, Kashkan Basin, Qualitative water parameters, Coldwater Fishes, Fuzzy Theory |
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Received: 2019/11/15 | Accepted: 2020/06/26 | Published: 2021/10/2
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