Analytic Hierarchy Process for Stakeholder Participation in Integrated Water Resources Management

This paper focuses on the applied of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) to develop the model for water resources management in the Pranburi watershed by the stakeholder participation. The structure of the hierarchy model in Pranburi watershed was developed by the experts based on IWRM and classified in 4 criteria, 15 sub-criteria, and 3 alternatives. Questionnaire method is the tool for obtaining a score to the comparison between pairs of criteria by the representatives in the community. The finding revealed that the importance of criteria is the environmental factors. The highest ranked of the alternative is the strategy of watershed participation. These results implied that the community focused the stakeholder participation based on the decision-making process for water resources in Pranburi watershed. This research clearly presented the capability of AHP approach can integrate with an IWRM principle for water resources planning. The AHP approach can demonstrate the community representative’s relevant data before making the decision and reduce bias on decision making by applying pairwise comparison of AHP technique. More importantly, the government should support the collaborative with local officer and community in the decision making policy on water resources planning.This paper focuses on the applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) to develop a model for water resource management in the Pranburi watershed by using stakeholder participation. The hierarchy model structure of the Pranburi watershed was developed by the experts based on IWRM and classified into 4 criteria, 15 sub-criteria, and 3 alternatives. The questionnaire method was the tool used for obtaining a weighing for comparison between the pairs of criteria obtained from community representatives. The finding revealed that the important criteria are the environmental factors. The highest ranked of the alternatives is the watershed planning strategy. These results implied that community focused stakeholder participation in the decision-making process for water resources in Pranburi watershed gave a positive outcome. This research clearly presented the capability of the AHP approach integrates with IWRM principle for water resource planning. The AHP approach can analyze the community representative’s relevant data before decision making, by applying pairwise comparison of the AHP technique, can reduce bias during decision making. More importantly, the government should support collaboration with local officers and the community in the decision making policy on water resource planning

Land–Water–Population Model: Developing an Agricultural Resources Management in the Upper Part of Pranburi Watershed

This research proposes the application of the Land-Water-Population (LWPM) concept in the upper part of the Pranburi watershed. The objective of the study is to develop a model for agricultural resources management under the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP). The methodology is divided into three parts; 1) evaluate the soil quality in agricultural areas, 2) analyze water quality in agricultural land; and 3) assess farmer practice in agricultural resources management using a questionnaire. The study findings point to problems in soil and water conservation, suggesting that in the area should prioritize agricultural management, as advocated under the SEP, which provides guidelines for practicing agriculture under the New Theory on land and water management. Adoption of this model under the SEP will facilitate integrated natural resource management and sustainable agriculture by stakeholder participation at community level

A Review of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP): An Approach to Water Resource Management in Thailand

The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is an approach for decision making with complex problems that can be applied in water resources management. This paper reviews the literature on application of AHP in water resource management from 2009-2013 in 46 peer reviewed journal articles, analyzes the strengths and limitations of the technique using SWOT analysis, and then focuses on its utility when integrated with other methods for water resource management in Thailand. The findings indicate that AHP can be utilized for all types of water resource management focused on criteria concerning social, economic and environmental factors. Furthermore, the efficacy of AHP can be enhanced when integrated with other techniques. Application of AHP in Thailand could be combined with the Delphi technique to identify key criteria for resolving bias problems regarding goal and criteria