Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Energy Decisions and the Environment

A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods

  • Book
  • © 2000

Overview

Editors:
  1. Benjamin F. Hobbs

    1. The Johns Hopkins University, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Peter Meier

    1. International Development and Energy Associates, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 28)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Application of MCDM Methods

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 15-44

  4. Screening and Tradeoff Analysis

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 45-65

  5. Scaling, Weighting and Amalgamation

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 67-98

  6. Resolving Differences (Step 10)

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 99-109

  7. An Illustrative Numerical Example

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 111-122

  8. A Review of MCDM Applications in Energy Planning and Policy

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 123-158

  9. MCDM at BC Hydro: The 1995 Plan

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 159-178

  10. Multi-Method MCDM at BC Gas

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 179-205

  11. MCDM Experiments at Seattle City Light

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 207-234

  12. Closing Remarks

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier
    Pages 235-237

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 239-257
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Benjamin F. Hobbs

  • International Development and Energy Associates, USA

    Peter Meier

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation