The Use of Criteria in a Corridor Selection Analysis

R. W. Hufstader

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DOI: 10.2190/C1FA-9U9P-NTQC-CNM7

Abstract

The use of criteria to determine an environmentally acceptable corridor for a power transmission line is discussed. The method involves 1) development of criteria, 2) compatibility rating of alternative routes on the basis of the criteria selected, and 3) ranking the alternative corridors in a quantitative manner. Criteria were developed within the resource categories of Ecology, Land Use, Aesthetics, Land Economics and Engineering. The method provides a concise, useable ranking of alternate corridors.

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