Sustainability criteria for the evaluation of urban transportation systems

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 2693-2702

  Khan, A M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; EVALUATION CRITERION; MARKET FACTORS; MULTI CRITERION; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERION; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SYSTEM EVALUATIONS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 63049129935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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