Assessing the effectiveness of community-promoted environmental protection policy by using a Delphi-fuzzy method: A case study on solar power and plain afforestation in Taiwan

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 1286-1295

  Hsueh, Sung Lin ^a,b  

^a Tung Fang Design Institute   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Fuzzy logic theory; Plain afforestation; Proenvironmental; Solar power

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY LOGIC; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

CASE-STUDIES; DELPHI METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FUZZY LOGIC THEORY; FUZZY METHODS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; PLAIN AFFORESTATION; PROENVIRONMENTAL; PROTECTION POLICY; SOCIETAL PROBLEMS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84930202317     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.008     Document Type: Review

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