Application of value - Focused thinking on the environmental selection of wall structures

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Hassan, Osama A B ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internal environmental factors; Life cycle assessment; Objective hierarchy; Utility function; Value focused thinking

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; BUILDING STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OBJECTIVE HIERARCHY; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; VALUE-FOCUSED THINKING; WALL STRUCTURE;

LIFE CYCLE;

CONCRETE;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; WALL;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING; WOOD;

EID: 1342329675     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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