Three blind men and an elephant: The case of energy indices to measure energy security and energy sustainability

Energy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-158

  Narula, Kapil ^a,b   Reddy, B Sudhakara ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^b National Maritime Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Energy index; Energy security; Energy sustainability; Indicators

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; ENERGY INDEXES; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; PERFORMANCE INDICES; ROBUST ENERGY;

ENERGY SECURITY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; ELEPHANT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84921433969     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.11.055     Document Type: Article

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