Towards a new index for environmental sustainability based on a DALY weighting approach

Sustainable Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-260

  Blanc, Isabelle ^a,b   Friot, Damien ^a,b   Margni, Manuele ^a,c   Jolliet, Olivier ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite index; DALY weighting; Environmental sustainability; Human health; Impact assessment; Regional benchmarking

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INDEX METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 56749175956     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.376     Document Type: Article

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