Aggregating sustainability indicators: Beyond the weighted sum

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-33

  Rowley, Hazel V ^a   Peters, Gregory M ^b   Lundie, Sven ^a,c   Moore, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c PE International AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Decision making; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA); Sustainability; Weighting

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS METHOD; DECISION MAKERS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; WEIGHTED SUM; WEIGHTING;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 84864064574     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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