Prioritizing infrastructure investment alternatives in industrial zones for resilient coastal communities using an integrated Pythagorean fuzzy decision-making approach
JOURNAL OF COASTAL CONSERVATION, cilt.30, sa.5, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11852-026-01281-8
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF COASTAL CONSERVATION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, IBZ Online, BIOSIS, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Zoological Record, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Natural Science Collection (ProQuest), Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate Edition (EBSCO), Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Science Collection (ProQuest)
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Coastal industrial zones are increasingly exposed to climate-related hazards, while infrastructure investments must satisfy economic, environmental, social, and operational requirements. Selecting a protection strategy is a complex decision-making problem involving conflicting criteria, uncertain expert judgments, and long-term sustainability concerns. This study frames infrastructure prioritization as a coastal conservation and planning problem and proposes an integrated Pythagorean fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making framework for evaluating investment alternatives under uncertainty. The framework combines Pythagorean Fuzzy Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (PF-SWARA) for criteria weighting and Pythagorean Fuzzy Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (PF-EDAS) for ranking alternatives. The framework is applied to the Arsin Organized Industrial Zone in Trabzon, on T & uuml;rkiye's Black Sea coast. Four main criteria and 22 sub-criteria are considered, and five experts evaluate seven alternatives. Environmental criteria receive the highest weight, followed by operational, economic, and social criteria. Ecological impact, preservation of ecosystem services, and climate resilience are the most influential sub-criteria, underscoring the importance of aligning industrial protection with coastal ecosystem functions and long-term adaptation. PF-EDAS identifies Energy-Efficient Coastal Infrastructure as the most favorable alternative in the case area, followed closely by Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems, while Seawall Construction ranks last based on the selected criteria and expert judgments. Sensitivity analysis indicates that the leading position of Energy-Efficient Coastal Infrastructure is largely stable under the tested weighting scenarios.