Assessing Options in Resource Use for Renewable Energy through Multiobjective Goal Programming

Bibliographic Data

ID7761285
AuthorsChris Cocklin (0000-0002-1744-7664, University of Auckland), Stephen Lonergan (McMaster University), C Lonergan, S C Lonergan (McMaster University), Barry Smit (University of Guelph)
Year1986
Volume18
Issue10
Pages1323-1338
Publication date1986-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1068/a181323
OpenAlexW1972025320
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

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

Business · Economics · Energy development · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Goal programming · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Operations research · Renewable energy · Renewable resource · Biofuel production and bioconversion · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Forest Biomass Utilization and Management · Forest Management and Policy

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