Multicriteria methodological approach to manage urban air pollution

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 4160-4169

  Vlachokostas, C ^a   Achillas, C ^b   Moussiopoulos, N ^a   Banias, G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Control options; Decision making; Experts; Multicriteria analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BUDGET CONSTRAINT; CONTROL MEASURES; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; EXPERTS; GAS PENETRATION; IN-BUILDINGS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL UNITS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; METRO CONSTRUCTION; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL ALTERNATIVE; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRIORITY LIST; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; ROAD TRANSPORTS; SOCIAL PREFERENCE; THERMAL HEATING; THESSALONIKI , GREECE; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; BOATS; DECISION MAKING; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SUBWAYS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ABATEMENT COST; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; HEATING; HEAVY OIL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN CLIMATE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 79959493159     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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