Materials selection for cleaner production: An environmental evaluation approach

Materials and Design

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 429-434

  Zhao, Rui ^a   Neighbour, Gareth ^b   Deutz, Pauline ^a   McGuire, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. Environmental performance; H. Selection of materials; H. Weighting and ranking factors

Indexed keywords

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREY EVALUATION; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; H. WEIGHTING AND RANKING FACTORS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MATERIALS SELECTION; SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENGINEERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION THEORY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84856607907     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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