Energy Decisions and the Environment
Subtitle: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods
By: edited by Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
Contributors: Meier, Peter
Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science -- 28; International series in operations research & management science -- 28.
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781461370178; 9781461544777
Subjects: Economics; Environmental management; Operations research; Renewable energy sources
Description: 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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