Fossil fuel sustainability index: An application of resource management

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2969-2977

  Ediger, Volkan Ş ^a   Hoşgör, Enes ^b   Sürmeli, A Neşen ^b   Tatlidil, Hüseyin ^c  

^a Cumhurba kanli i   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy resource management; Fossil fuel; Sustainability index

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOSSIL FUEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33847733783     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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