Participatory selection of sustainability criteria and indicators for bioenergy developments

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Kurka, Thomas ^a   Blackwood, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Criteria and indicators; Criteria selection; Participatory decision making; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

BIO-ENERGY; BROAD APPLICATION; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; CRITERIA SELECTION; ENERGY SECTOR; GENERIC APPROACH; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84876213139     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.062     Document Type: Review

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