Renewables in residential development: An integrated GIS-based multicriteria approach for decentralized micro-renewable energy production in new settlement development: A case study of the eastern metropolitan area of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Palmas, Claudia ^a   Abis, Emanuela ^b   von Haaren, Christina ^a   Lovett, Andrew ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process; Micro renewable energy potentials; Multicriteria analysis; Pairwise comparison methods; Residential development; Weighted linear combination

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIALS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHTED LINEAR COMBINATIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; GIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAGLIARI; ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84871773872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-2-10     Document Type: Article

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