Energy Decisions and the Environment

Hobbs Benjamin F. Meier Peter

ISBN 10: 1461370175 / ISBN 13: 9781461370178

Verlag: Springer, 2012

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PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 272.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1858588399

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Energy Decisions and the Environment
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1461370175
• ISBN-13: 9781461370178
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

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.