The application of multicriteria decision making techniques in the assessment of waste management strategies

Waste Management and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 585-594

  Morrissey, A ^a   Browne, J ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE UTILIZATION;

INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (ISWM); INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (MSWM);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2942657559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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