Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods - Couverture rigide

Hobbs, Benjamin F.; Meier, Peter

 
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Synopsis

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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9781461370178: Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods

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ISBN 10 :  1461370175 ISBN 13 :  9781461370178
Editeur : Springer, 2012
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