| Criteria |
Scale |
Fuzzy Scale |
Description |
(A)
Criteria |
A1 :
Importance of condition |
4 |
(3,4,5) |
Important to national/international interest |
| 3 |
(2,3,4) |
Important to regional/national interests |
| 2 |
(1,2,3) |
Important to areas immediately outside the local condition |
| 1 |
(0,1,2) |
Important only to the local condition |
| 0 |
(0,0,0) |
No importance |
A2:
Magnitude of change/ effect |
3 |
(2,3,4) |
Major positive benefit |
| 2 |
(1,2,3) |
Significant improvement in status quo |
| 1 |
(0,1,2) |
Improvement in status quo |
| 0 |
(0,0,0) |
No change/status quo |
| -1 |
(-2,-1,0) |
Negative change in status quo |
| -2 |
(-3,-2,-1) |
Significant negative disbenefit or change |
| -3 |
(-4,-3,-2) |
Major disbenefit or change |
| (B) Criteria |
B1 :
Permanence |
1 |
(0,1,2) |
No change/not applicable |
| 2 |
(1,2,3) |
Temporary |
| 3 |
(2,3,4) |
Permanent |
B2:
Reversibility |
1 |
(0,1,2) |
No change/not applicable |
| 2 |
(1,2,3) |
Reversible |
| 3 |
(2,3,4) |
Irreversible |
B3:
Cumulative |
1 |
(0,1,2) |
No change/not applicable |
| 2 |
(1,2,3) |
Non-cumulative/single |
| 3 |
(2,3,4) |
Cumulative/synergistic |
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