Methodological considerations on regional sustainability assessment based on multicriteria and sensitivity analysis

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-276

  Munda, Giuseppe ^a   Saisana, Michaela ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; Multicriteria evaluation; Regional sustainability; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 79551590909     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343401003713316     Document Type: Article

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