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EROSION SEVERITY ESTIMATION USING MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS

This paper presents the application of multi-criteria analysis (MCA) methods for erosion severity estimation in river sub-catchments. On the case study of Dubračina River catchment (situated in the Vinodol Valley, County of Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia) two MCA methods: SAW (as a simple method) and AHP (as a pairwise comparison method), are applied to estimate the erosion severity of 12 sub-catchments prone to erosion. The results are compared and verified using Erosion Potential Method (EPM) on the case study.

multi-criteria analysis ; erosion ; severity ; water ; management

This research was conducted within the University of Rijeka founded projects: Implementation of innovative methodologies, approaches and tools for sustainable river basin management (uniri-tehnic-18-129 5570 ) and Hydrology of water resources and risk identification of flooding and mudflows in the karst areas (uniri-tehnic-18-54 5766).