Energy decisions and the environment : a guide to the use of multicriteria methods /
Hobbs, B. F.
Energy decisions and the environment : a guide to the use of multicriteria methods / Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier. - Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. - vii, 257 p. : ill. ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
079237875X
Energy development
Electric power plants
Multiple criteria decision making.
333.7914 / HOB
Energy decisions and the environment : a guide to the use of multicriteria methods / Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier. - Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. - vii, 257 p. : ill. ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
079237875X
Energy development
Electric power plants
Multiple criteria decision making.
333.7914 / HOB