Sustainable life cycle management: Indicators to assess the sustainability of engineering projects and technologies

IEEE International Engineering Management Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 99-103

  Brent, A C ^a   Labuschagne, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Business Sustainability; Projects; Technologies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERING; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL RESOURCES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; ENGINEERING PROJECTS; LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 17644415012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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