Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies

Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation is a kind of multi-criteria analysis that combines the technical evaluation of different options according to various assessment criteria with the analysis of the social actors' conflicting values and interests. Two main ideas are at the basis of SMCE: technical...

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Autor: Russi, Daniela
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Política del medi ambient
Decisió multicriteri
Fonts d'energia renovables
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spelling Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policiestwo case-studiesRussi, DanielaPolítica del medi ambientPolítica del medi ambientDecisió multicriteriFonts d'energia renovablesSocial Multi-Criteria Evaluation is a kind of multi-criteria analysis that combines the technical evaluation of different options according to various assessment criteria with the analysis of the social actors' conflicting values and interests. Two main ideas are at the basis of SMCE: technical incommensurability (i.e. in a complex environment one cannot express all impacts of a policy using one only unit of measurement, or, in other words, an inter/multidisciplinary analysis is needed) and social incommensurability (i.e. the social actors have different and legitimately conflicting values and interests, which must be taken into account when evaluating a policy or a project). SMCE was applied to two case-studies. In the first one, the problem at hand was how to provide some isolated rural households in a natural park near Barcelona with electricity, whether by extending the grid or installing stand-alone photovoltaic systems. The issue caused a conflict between 1995 and 2000 among the Park administration (in favour of solar energy) and the household inhabitants and owners, plus the Mayor (in favour of traditional electricity). A retrospective SMCE was performed in order to explain the positions of the involved stakeholders and the factors that help the diffusion of off-grid photovoltaic systems in rural areas. The second part of the thesis deals with the opportunity for the Italian government of supporting a large-scale biofuels production. The pros and cons of satisfying part of the energy need of the transport sector with biodiesel were analyzed through a variety of assessment criteria and taking into account different scales and dimensions.Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaMunda, Giuseppe 22007-01-0120072007-01-01Tesi doctoralhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/36718reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:367182026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
two case-studies
title Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
spellingShingle Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
Russi, Daniela
Política del medi ambient
Política del medi ambient
Decisió multicriteri
Fonts d'energia renovables
title_short Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
title_full Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
title_fullStr Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
title_full_unstemmed Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
title_sort Social multi-criteria evaluation and renewable energy policies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Russi, Daniela
author Russi, Daniela
author_facet Russi, Daniela
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Munda, Giuseppe
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Política del medi ambient
Política del medi ambient
Decisió multicriteri
Fonts d'energia renovables
topic Política del medi ambient
Política del medi ambient
Decisió multicriteri
Fonts d'energia renovables
description Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation is a kind of multi-criteria analysis that combines the technical evaluation of different options according to various assessment criteria with the analysis of the social actors' conflicting values and interests. Two main ideas are at the basis of SMCE: technical incommensurability (i.e. in a complex environment one cannot express all impacts of a policy using one only unit of measurement, or, in other words, an inter/multidisciplinary analysis is needed) and social incommensurability (i.e. the social actors have different and legitimately conflicting values and interests, which must be taken into account when evaluating a policy or a project). SMCE was applied to two case-studies. In the first one, the problem at hand was how to provide some isolated rural households in a natural park near Barcelona with electricity, whether by extending the grid or installing stand-alone photovoltaic systems. The issue caused a conflict between 1995 and 2000 among the Park administration (in favour of solar energy) and the household inhabitants and owners, plus the Mayor (in favour of traditional electricity). A retrospective SMCE was performed in order to explain the positions of the involved stakeholders and the factors that help the diffusion of off-grid photovoltaic systems in rural areas. The second part of the thesis deals with the opportunity for the Italian government of supporting a large-scale biofuels production. The pros and cons of satisfying part of the energy need of the transport sector with biodiesel were analyzed through a variety of assessment criteria and taking into account different scales and dimensions.
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