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

C Cocklin, S C Lonergan and B Smit
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C Cocklin: Unit for Regional Research, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
S C Lonergan: Department of Geography, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
B Smit: Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 1986, vol. 18, issue 10, 1323-1338

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.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1068/a181323

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