Regional Scale wind farm and solar farm suitability assessment using GIS-assisted multi-criteria evaluation

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-31

  Watson, Joss J W ^a,b   Hudson, Malcolm D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGH SPEED TWO LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Renewable energy; Suitability study; United Kingdom (UK)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; WIND POWER;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUITABILITY STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SITE SELECTION; SOLAR POWER; STAKEHOLDER; WIND FARM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84923367149     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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