Application of geographical information system to site selection of small run-of-river hydropower project by considering engineering/economic/environmental criteria and social impact

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2336-2348

  Rojanamon, Pannathat ^a   Chaisomphob, Taweep ^a   Bureekul, Thawilwadee ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b King Prajadhipok's Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Focus group; Geographic Information System; Public participation; Questionnaire survey; Site selection; Small run of river hydropower

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ENGINEERING CRITERION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FOCUS GROUP; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROPOWER PROJECTS; LOCAL PEOPLE; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; POTENTIAL SITES; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RIVER BASINS; SMALL HYDRO POWER; SMALL RUN-OF-RIVER HYDROPOWER; SOCIAL IMPACT; STUDY AREAS; THAILAND; VISUAL BASIC;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 68949169181     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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