Selection of an appropriate wastewater treatment technology: A scenario-based multiple-attribute decision-making approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-169

  Kalbar, Pradip P ^a   Karmakar, Subhankar ^a   Asolekar, Shyam R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; Multiple attribute decision making; Sustainability; TOPSIS; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; RECLAMATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGY; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; SCENARIO-BASED; TECHNOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES; TOPSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; COMPENSATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; INDIA; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; SOCIETY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84866563515     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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