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.
| ISBN: | 9780792378754 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 2000 |
| Author: | B F Hobbs, Peter Meier |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 257 pages |
| Series: | International Series in Operations Research & Management Science |
| Genres: |
Operational research Management decision making Environmental management Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology |