Decision making for social sustainability: A life-cycle assessment approach

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hutchins, Margot J ^a   Gierke, John S ^a   Sutherland, John W ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DECISIONS; ECONOMIC EFFECT; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; HIGHER ORDER; HUMAN NEEDS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY;

DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 70350414395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2009.5155902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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