The planning of protected area zoning—frequently used for protected area management—
requires choosing among possible scenarios. Therefore, MCA is highly applicable despite overall
goals and physical attributes of concern being distinct from those considered for zoning
neighborhoods and cities. The method's applicability hinges on the fact that conservation planning,
like all planning, calls for stakeholder input and should consider people as part of the ecosystem
of concern [17, 22, 30, 31]. MCA provides opportunities for such input [13].
Incorporation of Socio-Economic Features' Ranking in Multicriteria Analysis Based on
Ecosystem Services for Marine Protected Area Planning