Multi-criteria model for sustainable development using goal programming applied to the United Arab Emirates

Energy Policy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 447-454

  Jayaraman, Raja ^a   Colapinto, Cinzia ^b   La Torre, Davide ^a,c   Malik, Tufail ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; GHG emissions; Multi criteria analysis; Sustainability; Weighted goal programming model

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING;

CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; GHG EMISSION; GOAL PROGRAMMING MODEL; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84945548369     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.09.027     Document Type: Article

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