A ombined MOIP-MCDA approach to building and screening atmospheric pollution control strategies in urban regions

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-160

  Mavrotas, George ^a   Ziomas, Ioannis C ^a   Diakouaki, Danae ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Integer programming; Multiobjective programming; Multiple criteria

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AVAILABILITY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; STANDARDS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; PROMETHEE METHOD; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; POLLUTION CONTROL; STANDARD (REGULATION);

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; CITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

THESSALONIKI;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; GREECE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33744734709     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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