Energy Decisions and the Environment

A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods

von Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

257 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods 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 ofMulticriteria 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.

• Reihe: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
• ISBN: 9780792378754
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.2000
• Genre: Wirtschaft/Allgemeines, Lexika
• Verlag: Springer US