| Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Hobbs, Benjamin F. (Author), Meier, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1461370175 ISBN-13: 9781461370178 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Decision Making & Problem Solving - Business & Economics | Management - General - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Alternative & Renewable |
| Dewey: 333.791 |
| Series: International Operations Research & Management Science |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 257 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |