Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 28) - Hardcover

Hobbs, Benjamin F.; Meier, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 079237875X ISBN 13: 9780792378754

Publisher: Springer, 2000

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079237875X
• ISBN 13: 9780792378754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 266