Energy Decisions and the Environment : A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods /
Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world�...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
2000.
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| Series: | International series in operations research & management science ;
28. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461544777 (electronic bk.) 1461544777 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0884-8289 ; |