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| Author: | Tegou, L. I. Polatidis, H. Haralambopoulos, D. A. |
| Title: | Environmental management framework for wind farm siting: Methodology and case study |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2010 : NOV, VOL.91:11, p. 2134-2147 |
| Index terms: | geographical divisions information systems multicriteria analysis Greece environmental protection management research |
| Freeterms: | wind farm siting analytic hierarchy process methodology and case |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article develops an integrated framework to evaluate land suitability for wind farm siting that combines multi-criteria analysis (MCA) with geographical information systems (GIS); an application of the proposed framework for the island of Lesvos, Greece. It is argues: 1)a set of environmental, economic, social, and technical constraints, based on recent Greek legislation, identifies the potential sites for wind power installation. 2)the area under consideration is evaluated by a variety of criteria. The pair-wise comparison method in the context of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to estimate the criteria weights in order to establish their relative importance in site evaluation. The results show that only a very small percentage of the total area of Lesvos could be suitable for wind farm installation, although favourable wind potential exists in many more areas of the island. |
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