Multi-criteria analysis weighting methodology to incorporate stakeholders' preferences in energy and climate policy interactions

Grafakos, S; Flamos, A; Oikonomou, V; Zevgolis, D

dc.contributor.author	Grafakos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Flamos, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Oikonomou, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Zevgolis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:59:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:59:46Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	17506220	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29038
dc.subject	Energy	en
dc.subject	Environmental management	en
dc.subject	Environmental regulations	en
dc.subject	Global warming	en
dc.subject	Government policy	en
dc.subject	Stakeholder analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Climate policy	en
dc.subject.other	Consistency tests	en
dc.subject.other	Design/methodology/approach	en
dc.subject.other	Elicitation process	en
dc.subject.other	Energy	en
dc.subject.other	Evaluation problems	en
dc.subject.other	Evaluation process	en
dc.subject.other	Ex ante evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	Government policy	en
dc.subject.other	Holistic approach	en
dc.subject.other	Multi-criteria analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Pair-wise comparison	en
dc.subject.other	Pair-wise comparison technique	en
dc.subject.other	Policy interaction	en
dc.subject.other	Relative importance	en
dc.subject.other	Small samples	en
dc.subject.other	Stakeholder analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Visual representations	en
dc.subject.other	Weighting methodology	en
dc.subject.other	Weighting methods	en
dc.subject.other	Energy policy	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental management	en
dc.subject.other	Global warming	en
dc.subject.other	Navigation systems	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental regulations	en
dc.title	Multi-criteria analysis weighting methodology to incorporate stakeholders' preferences in energy and climate policy interactions	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1108/17506221011073851	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17506221011073851	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Purpose: Evaluation of energy and climate policy interactions is a complex issue, whereas stakeholders' preferences incorporation has not been addressed systematically. The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated weighting methodology that has been developed in order to incorporate weighting preferences into an ex ante evaluation of climate and energy policy interactions. Design/methodology/approach: A multi-criteria analysis (MCA) weighting methodology which combines pair-wise comparisons and ratio importance weighting methods has been elaborated. It initially introduces the users to the evaluation process through a warming up holistic approach for an initial rank of the criteria and then facilitates them to express their ratio relative importance in pair-wise comparisons of criteria by providing them an interactive mean with verbal, numerical and visual representation of their preferences. Moreover, it provides a ranking consistency test where users can see the degree of (in)consistency of their preferences. Findings: Stakeholders and experts in the energy policy field who tested the methodology stated their approval and satisfaction for the combination of both ranking and pair-wise comparison techniques, since it allows the gradual approach to the evaluation problem. In addition, main difficulties in MCA weights elicitation processes were overcome. Research limitations/implications: The methodology is tested by a small sample of stakeholders, whereas a larger sample, a broader range of stakeholders and applications on different climate policy evaluation cases merit further research. Originality/value: The novel aspect of the developed methodology consists of the combination of ranking and pair-wise comparison techniques for the elicitation of stakeholders' preferences. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Energy Sector Management	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1108/17506221011073851	en
dc.identifier.volume	4	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	434	en
dc.identifier.epage	461	en