Stakeholder salience and prioritization for port master planning, a case study of the multi-purpose Port of Isafjordur in Iceland

Majid Eskafi; Reza Fazeli; Ali Dastgheib; Poonam Taneja; Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson; Ragnheidur I. Thorarinsdottir; Gunnar Stefansson

doi:10.18757/ejtir.2019.19.3.4386

Stakeholder salience and prioritization for port master planning, a case study of the multi-purpose Port of Isafjordur in Iceland

Authors

Majid Eskafi Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland; Reza Fazeli School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Environment and Natural Resources, University of Iceland; Ali Dastgheib Department of Water Science & Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education; Poonam Taneja Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology; Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland; Ragnheidur I. Thorarinsdottir Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland; Gunnar Stefansson Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland;

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2019.19.3.4386

Abstract

The dynamic and ever-increasing complex nature of a port system involves a variety of stakeholders with a broad spectrum of involvement and objectives. In the port master planning, to fulfill the objectives of the various stakeholders and manage conflicts and controversies, a stakeholder analysis is carried out. However, effective and timely engagement of the key stakeholders in the planning process is not an easy task. This paper presents a framework of stakeholder analysis for the case study of the Multi-Purpose Port of Isafjordur in Iceland to underpin the master planning process. The framework deals with a systematic procedure of identification, grouping and then static mapping of stakeholders by means of the power-interest matrix. Further, the fuzzy logic 3-dimensional decision surface was adopted for dynamic salience mapping of the