Assessing Options in Resource Use for Renewable Energy through Multiobjective Goal Programming
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 18 (10) , 1323-1338
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a181323
Abstract
Forest-energy plantations have been recognized as a possible source of renewable energy throughout the world, but the regional consequences of extensive plantation development have not been considered. In an effort to understand better the trade-offs that exist between economic, environmental, and energy concerns associated with regional development projects, a goal-programming model of forest-energy plantation development in Eastern Ontario, Canada has been developed. The results indicate not only the potential for energy plantations, but the utility in using goal-programming as a resource-assessment tool as well. The method is particularly useful in identifying potential conflicts among regional development goals, and can also address uncertainties with respect to decision priorities and production relationships.Keywords
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