Dey Prasanta Kumar, Ramcharan Eugene K
Aston Business School, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
J Environ Manage. 2008 Sep;88(4):1384-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.011. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
Site selection is a key activity for quarry expansion to support cement production, and is governed by factors such as resource availability, logistics, costs, and socio-economic-environmental factors. Adequate consideration of all the factors facilitates both industrial productivity and sustainable economic growth. This study illustrates the site selection process that was undertaken for the expansion of limestone quarry operations to support cement production in Barbados. First, alternate sites with adequate resources to support a 25-year development horizon were identified. Second, technical and socio-economic-environmental factors were then identified. Third, a database was developed for each site with respect to each factor. Fourth, a hierarchical model in analytic hierarchy process (AHP) framework was then developed. Fifth, the relative ranking of the alternate sites was then derived through pair wise comparison in all the levels and through subsequent synthesizing of the results across the hierarchy through computer software (Expert Choice). The study reveals that an integrated framework using the AHP can help select a site for the quarry expansion project in Barbados.
选址是采石场扩建以支持水泥生产的一项关键活动，它受资源可用性、物流、成本以及社会经济环境等因素的制约。充分考虑所有这些因素有助于提高工业生产力和实现可持续经济增长。本研究阐述了为支持巴巴多斯的水泥生产而进行的石灰石采石场扩建选址过程。首先，确定了有足够资源支持25年发展前景的备选场地。其次，确定了技术以及社会经济环境因素。第三，针对每个场地的每个因素建立了一个数据库。第四，在层次分析法（AHP）框架下建立了一个层次模型。第五，通过在所有层次上进行成对比较，并随后通过计算机软件（专家选择）对层次结果进行综合，得出了备选场地的相对排名。该研究表明，使用层次分析法的综合框架有助于为巴巴多斯的采石场扩建项目选择场地。
