A multi-criteria model analysis framework for assessing integrated water-energy system transformation pathways

Applied Energy

Volumn 210, Issue , 2018, Pages 477-486

  Parkinson, Simon C ^a,b   Makowski, Marek ^b,c   Krey, Volker ^b   Sedraoui, Khaled ^d   Almasoud, Abdulrahman H ^d   Djilali, Ned ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Capacity expansion planning; Climate change mitigation; Energy systems analysis; Groundwater sustainability; Pareto optimal solutions; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

CAPACITY EXPANSION PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENERGY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; WATER ENERGY;

INVESTMENTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; GROUNDWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 85009784287     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.142     Document Type: Article

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