Developing countries' energy needs and priorities under a sustainable development perspective: A linguistic decision support approach

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-338

  Karakosta, Charikleia ^a   Askounis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clean development mechanism; Decision support; Linguistic variables; Sustainable development; Technology needs assessments; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LINGUISTICS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; MITIGATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 78649715215     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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