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Assessment of Energy Sustainability in Statistical Regions of Latvia using Energy Sustainability Index

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 24 (2020): Issue 2 (September 2020)
By: Dzintra Slišāne,  Gatis Gaumigs,  Dace Lauka and  Dagnija Blumberga  
Open Access
|Sep 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0063 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 160 - 169
Published on: Sep 23, 2020
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Analytic hierarchy process (AHP),
economic aspects,
energy sector,
energy sustainability index,
environmental aspects,
social aspects,
regions,
sustainability
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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