Obtained rankings received from IGs are aggregated at the WC level by following the same Borda Count procedure and assuming the equal weight of each IGs' ranking. The summary of voting is shown in Table 5. Note that the addition of ordinal information (here ranks) at the WC level is a permitted mode of aggregation.
Final Borda Count assessment at the WATER COMMITTEE level.
| Aggregating ranking of criteria and alternatives . | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest groups . | Criteria . | Alternatives (Plans) . | ||||||||
| POL . | ECO . | SOC . | ENV . | TEC . | BAL . | SUP . | IRR . | PAY . | OTH . | |
| Public Authorities | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Civil Society | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Water Users | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1–2 | 4 | 5 | 1–2 |
| Final aggregate | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 7 | 5.5 | 12 | 15 | 5.5 |
| Final ranking | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1–2 | 4 | 5 | 1–2 |
| Aggregating ranking of criteria and alternatives . | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest groups . | Criteria . | Alternatives (Plans) . | ||||||||
| POL . | ECO . | SOC . | ENV . | TEC . | BAL . | SUP . | IRR . | PAY . | OTH . | |
| Public Authorities | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Civil Society | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Water Users | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1–2 | 4 | 5 | 1–2 |
| Final aggregate | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 7 | 5.5 | 12 | 15 | 5.5 |
| Final ranking | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1–2 | 4 | 5 | 1–2 |
Number of groups = 3; total number of participants = 21.