Environmental performance assessment in transportation and warehousing operations by means of categorical indicators and multicriteria preference

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 25, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-296

  Sellitto, Miguel Afonso ^a   Borchardt, Miriam ^a   Pereira, Giancarlo Medeiros ^a   Gomes, Luciana Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; EFFLUENTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; SURVEYS; WAREHOUSES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ENERGETIC RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; LOGISTIC OPERATIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; MULTI-CRITERIA PREFERENCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79956261985     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1125049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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