TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hobbs,B.F.
AU  - Meier,Peter
TI  - Energy decisions and the environment: a guide to the use of multicriteria methods 
SN  - 079237875X
U1  - 333.7914 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Kluwer Academic Publishers
KW  - Energy development
KW  - Electric power plants
KW  - Multiple criteria decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  -  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.
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0819/00041225-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0819/00041225-t.html
ER  -