Multicriteria analysis of environmental quality in Taipei: Public preferences and improvement strategies

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-120

  Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^a   Tsaur, Sheng Hshiung ^b   Laiw, Yiou Dong ^c   Opricovic, Serafim ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Compromise solution; Environmental quality; Improvement strategies; Multicriteria analysis; Public preference

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NOISE POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPROMIZE SOLUTION; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; EVALUATION MODELS; IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE EVALUATIONS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; SYSTEM PLANNING;

AIR QUALITY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; STAGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036623265     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2001.0527     Document Type: Article

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