Bioenergy development in Kentucky: A SWOT-ANP analysis

Catron, Jonathan; Stainback, G. Andrew; Dwivedi, Puneet; Lhotka, John M.

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2012.12.003

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“…Secondly, the assumption of AHP methodology that the hierarchical factors are independent of each other may not necessarily be true, especially when complex systems are taken into consideration. This weakness could probably be reduced by integrating desirability functions in the SWOT-ANP (analytical hierarchy process) as suggested by Catron et al [61]. Also, the SWOT methodology does not take uncertainties related to future development into consideration.…”

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Appraising Bioenergy Alternatives in Uganda Using Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)-Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and a Desirability Functions Approach

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Poor access to clean and reliable energy technologies is a major challenge to most developing countries. The decision to introduce new technologies is often faced by low adoption rates or even public opposition. In addition, the data required for effective decision making is often inadequate or even lacking, thus constraining the planning process. In this study, a methodology for participatory appraisal of technologies, integrating desirability functions to the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)-analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology was developed. Application of the methodology was illustrated with an example for participatory appraisal of four bioenergy technologies in Uganda. Results showed that the methodology is effective in evaluating stakeholder preferences for bioenergy technologies. It showed a high potential to be used to identify and rate factors that stakeholders take into consideration when selecting bioenergy systems. The method could be used as a tool for technology screening, or reaching consensus in a participatory setup in a transparent manner.

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Section: Discussion On the Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Appraising Bioenergy Alternatives in Uganda Using Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)-Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and a Desirability Functions Approach

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“…The implementation of SWOT analysis does not require high number of participants. Still, the selected interviewees should be very familiar or knowledgeable on the activity (product, service, or process) under investigation Alavalapati, 2009 andCatron, 2013). SWOT analysis is considered as an important step for the strategic management: it can be easily understood and, if structured to include high quality information and involve different stakeholders groups, it could identify relevant issues and priorities .…”

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“…Consequently, the importance of each factor or category in decision making cannot be measured quantitatively (Shrestha et al, 2004). Thus, it is combined with AHP, which allows to implement SWOT more analytically, by quantifying the relative importance of each factor identified within and among the SWOT categories (Kurttila et al, 2000;Shrestha et al, 2004;and Catron et al, 2013). This hybrid methodology between SWOT and AHP-called SWOT-AHP or A'WOT-provides a quantitative measure of importance of each factor or category on decision-making through pair-wise comparison (Kurttila et al, 2000).…”

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“…Conversely, few case studies have used SWOT-AHP methodology to assess different stakeholders' perspectives on the use of forest biomass for energy. Dwivedi and Alavalapati (2009) assessed stakeholders' perceptions of the potentials for biomass based energy in southern United States, while Catron et al (2013) used mixed SWOT-ANP (Analytic Network Process) to quantify expert based perceptive on bioenergy development in Kentucky. However, the use of SWOT-AHP to highlight the stakeholders' perspectives of the use of forest biomass for energy in European countries is very limited both at national and local level.…”

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Stakeholders' appraisal of biomass-based energy development at local scale

Nikodinoska

Mattivi

Notaro

et al. 2015

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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Bioenergy has a key role in the European Union (EU) policy aimed at enhancing energy security and mitigating climate change. In the implementation of EU policy at national, and—especially—at regional and local levels, the inclusion of stakeholders' opinions is crucial to increase social acceptance and to reduce conflicts between the parties. This study analyzes stakeholders' opinions of biomass-based energy development at the local level (Sarentino valley, South Tyrol region, Italy) by using the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)-AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) approach. SWOT-AHP methodology was implemented in three stages: stakeholders analysis, identification of the SWOT factors, and evaluation of the SWOT factors. Strategic factors were evaluated using the outcomes of a questionnaire administered to five groups of stakeholders (public administrations, NGO and associations, academia, farmers, and forest-wood chain actors). The results showed a firm prevalence for the strengths (33.3%) and opportunities (32.9%) over the potential threats (18.8%) and weaknesses (15%) of the actual bioenergy supply chain in Sarentino valley. SWOT-AHP methodology could be useful in the development and implementation of a local and regional participatory decision making process in the forest-wood-energy supply chain as it can provide structural and quantified analysis of the subjective preferences of the stakeholders.

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“…With regard to 'Taking Risks', the outcomes of options are identifiable but identification of outcomes takes place in possible conditions and not precise conditions. For 'Uncertainty', the decision making area is completely obscure and the outcomes of selecting each option is not even probabilistically predictable (Kurtilla et al, 2000; Nordstrom et al, 2010; Jonathan Catron et al, 2013). Game theory has been proposed in the completion of the above three conditions for decision making in terms of conflict and tension.…”

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Evaluating Existing Strategies in Environmental Crisis of Zagros Forests of Iran

Zandebasiri¹

2017

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. Zagros vegetation region is located in the west and southwest of the country of Iran. Nowadays, these forests are in severe quantitative and qualitative environmental dangers due to various climatic reasons, uncontrolled exploitation, overgrazing of livestock and lack of knowledge about management requirements and have become seriously affected. In the last 6 years, there have been numerous reports about the decline of oak trees in the central and southern Zagros forests. In this research was evaluated existing policies in decline crisis of Zagros forest of Iran with game theory. The research process has been conducted in several sections. In the first section of the research, key players of the decline crisis game in Zagros forests were examined, in order to evaluate strategies for crisis. In the second section of the research, the main strategies of the key players in decline crisis management were determined. Thereafter, the benefits of different strategies for key players were quantitatively evaluated with game theory. The result shows that it is clear from the diagram of the evaluation result of players in crisis game in Zagros forests that mode of results is in the executive management and local people of Zagros forests. Executive management has been having protection of forest resources and rainfall saving strategies. In reaction, local people has been having corporation and lack of corporation strategies. It can be extracted from the game theory model in this research that the game has 2 Nash Equilibriums (NE) in combination of protection of forest resources with lack of corporation of the people and combination of saving rainfall with corporation of the people. Based on the results there is no useful role for rainfall saving in Zagros forest of Iran. The way out of this impasse is to design appropriate policies in Zagros forests for the balance of rainfall saving and protection of forest resources, in a way that it follows the local community cooperation.

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Bioenergy development in Kentucky: A SWOT-ANP analysis

Cited by 88 publications

References 17 publications

Appraising Bioenergy Alternatives in Uganda Using Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)-Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and a Desirability Functions Approach

Appraising Bioenergy Alternatives in Uganda Using Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)-Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and a Desirability Functions Approach

Stakeholders' appraisal of biomass-based energy development at local scale

Evaluating Existing Strategies in Environmental Crisis of Zagros Forests of Iran

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