RISK/PERFORMANCE FOR MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION-MAKING IN COASTAL ENGINEERING

Coastal engineering is a multi-disciplinary subject, which also involves interaction with many stakeholders (individuals or organisations who have an interest in a project). This paper describes case-study based research which attempts to capture the interactive way in which decision making takes place. It also addresses the specific issue of how numerical failure probability levels are both formulated and achieved within the context of coastal engineering design and how these relate to risk consequence.