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Abstract
The potential evaluations of land consolidation projects (LCPs) are core in ex-ante evaluations to ensure that resource allocations are effective for achieving sustainable development. There are some problems with the unrealistic assumptions of the real world in these evaluations, such as the assumed independence of the criteria/dimensions in real-world problems. In this research, to fill this performance gap, a new hybrid modified MADM model was developed to construct an evaluation framework for comprehensive LCPs, covering three dimensions and ten criteria. Two LCPs real cases were used as empirical cases. The results of the DEMATEL method indicate that to achieve sustainable rural development through LCPs, “Production dimension (D1)” and “Ecological dimensions (D3)” having the characteristics that affect others should be the focus, although the DANP suggests that the “Life dimension (D2)” has the highest influence weight. The modified VIKOR suggests that Case A has more potential than Case B.
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Notes
1 The evaluation framework initially established in this study included 9 evaluation criteria. After adequacy evaluation and recommendations by six experts and scholars', the authors finally included “Creating jobs (C6)” into the “Life dimension (D2)” to form the current evaluation framework.