Transdisciplinary evaluation of energy scenarios for a German village using multi-criteria decision analysis

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-629

  Wilkens, Ines ^a   Schmuck, Peter ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multi criteria decision analysis; PROMETHEE; Public participation; Renewable energy systems; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

APPLICATION CONTEXTS; BIOENERGY VILLAGES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PROMETHEE; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861403169     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4040604     Document Type: Article

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