Sustainable management of urban pollution: An integrated approach

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-34

  Pettit, Carol ^a   Chung, Winson ^b   Sharifi, Vida ^b   Chalabi, Zaid ^c   Fletcher, Tony ^c   Cleall, Peter ^d   Thomas, Hywel ^d   De Munck, Cecile ^e   Sinnett, Danielle ^e   Jefferies, Stephan ^f   Jones, Martyn ^a   Azapagic, Adisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f Environmental Geotechnics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FREE OF CHARGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SHEFFIELD; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS; SOFTWARE TOOL; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; THERMAL TREATMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN POLLUTIONS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL POLLUTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 79952060322     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624410394528     Document Type: Article

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