A confusion of tongues or the art of aggregating indicators - Reflections on four projective methodologies on sustainability measurement

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2385-2396

  Özdemir, Enver Doruk ^a   Härdtlein, Marlies ^a   Jenssen, Till ^a   Zech, Daniel ^a   Eltrop, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Indicators; Integration; Projection; Sustainability measurement

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DECISION THEORY; GAS FIRED BOILERS; HEATING; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INTEGRATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CONDENSING BOILERS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS; HEATING TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PROJECTION; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCOUNTING; AGGLOMERATION; DECISION THEORY; HEATING; INTEGRATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 79952582475     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.021     Document Type: Review

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