Support for sustainable development policy decisions: A case study from highway maintenance

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Elghali, Lucia ^a   Cowell, Sarah J ^a   Begg, Katherine G ^b   Clift, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Highway maintenance; Life cycle assessment; Multi criteria decision analysis; Public policy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGHWAY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33646271380     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.04.009     Document Type: Review

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