Challenges for sustainability assessment by indicators

Leadership and Management in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-325

  Rodrílguez López, Fernando ^a   Fernández Sánchez, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Indicators; Project management; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; ENGINEERING SECTORS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MODELS; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81855184639     PISSN: 15326748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LM.1943-5630.0000142     Document Type: Review

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