Assessing and Identifying Areas with a High Need for Water Retention Improvement Using the Dematel Method

In the integrated management of water resources, which includes protecting and restoring ecosystems that are directly and indirectly dependent on water, a crucial issue is assessing and identifying areas with the greatest need for improved water retention. This study presents an effective and easy-to-apply method based on the multicriteria decision-making approach, which analyses needs and feasibility. Until now, a point bonitation method has been used to evaluate the need to increase the retention capacity of specific areas. Modification of this method involved applying the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach to estimate the weights of the analysed criteria. The results obtained using the new method were compared with previous studies assessing retention needs in the Masovian Voivodeship (Poland), which relied on the point bonitation method. The final evaluation showed a 74% compliance rate while significantly reducing expert involvement, demonstrating the high applicability of the developed method. Moreover, the DEMATEL method enabled the development of a cause-and-effect model of the criteria and an analysis of their importance. The lowest level of importance (13.6%) was attributed to climatic conditions, while the significance of the remaining criteria (hydrological and hydrogeological conditions, economic use of the catchment area, and catchment area cover) varied within a narrow range, from 20% to 23.5%.

• Publication year

  2025

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  Water

• Publication date

  2025-09-30

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  DOI 10.3390/w17192853
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