Applying multi-criteria decision-making to improve the waste reduction policy in Taiwan

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-28

  Su, Jun Pin ^a   Hung, Ming Lung ^a   Chao, Chia Wei ^a   Ma, Hwong Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment (LCA); Multi criteria decision making; TOPSIS; Waste reduction

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; EVALUATION SYSTEM; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE RECYCLING; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; WASTE REDUCTION;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLICY MAKING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN; TAOYUAN [TAIWAN];

EID: 75149184018     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09103839     Document Type: Article

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