Multi Criteria Analysis for bioenergy systems assessments

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 484-495

  Buchholz, Thomas ^a   Rametsteiner, Ewald ^b   Volk, Timothy A ^a   Luzadis, Valerie A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Multi Criteria Analysis; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOENERGY; BIOENERGY PROJECTS; BIOENERGY SYSTEMS; CASE STUDIES; DECISION PROCESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

BIOENERGY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 58149177300     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.054     Document Type: Article

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