Integrating multicriteria evaluation and stakeholders analysis for assessing hydropower projects

Energy Policy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 870-881

  Rosso, M ^a   Bottero, M ^a   Pomarico, S ^a   La Ferlita, S ^a   Comino, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Participated decision making process; River ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893827083     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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