Preferences matter: A constructive approach to incorporating local stakeholders' preferences in the sustainability evaluation of energy technologies

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 10922-10960

  Grafakos, Stelios ^a,b   Flamos, Alexandros ^c   Enseñado, Elena Marie ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Integrated sustainability evaluation; Local stakeholders' preferences; Multiple criteria analysis; Sustainability criteria; Sustainable energy technologies; Weighting methodology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; SURVEY METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84940566510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70810922     Document Type: Article

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