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082	0	0	_a333.7914 _221 _bHOB
084			_2Colon Classification
100	1		_aHobbs, B. F.
245	1	0	_aEnergy decisions and the environment : _ba guide to the use of multicriteria methods / _cBenjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier.
260			_aBoston : _bKluwer Academic Publishers, _c2000.
300			_avii, 257 p. : _bill. ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a 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.
650		0	_aEnergy development
650		0	_aElectric power plants
650		0	_aMultiple criteria decision making.
700	1		_aMeier, Peter,
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0819/00041225-d.html
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0819/00041225-t.html
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