ELASTIC - A methodological framework for identifying and selecting sustainable transport indicators

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 179-188

  Castillo, Herb ^a,b   Pitfield, David E ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Multi criteria decision analysis; Participatory transport planning; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable transport indicators

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LOGICAL APPROACHES; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 77951296735     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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