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Table 1 Saaty’s scale of importance (Saaty 1980)

From: Water resilience mapping of Chennai, India using analytical hierarchy process

Intensity of importance

Definition

1

Equal importance

2

Equal to moderate importance

3

Moderate importance

4

Moderate to strong importance

5

Strong importance

6

Strong to very strong importance

7

Very strong importance

8

Very strong to extremely strong importance

9

Extremely strong importance