Technology assessment for wastewater treatment using multiple-attribute decision-making

Technology in Society

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-302

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Appropriate technology; Multiple attribute decision making; Sustainability assessment; Technology assessment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; DECISION SITUATION; HIGH RISE BUILDING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE COSTING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; LIFE CYCLE; RECLAMATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TALL BUILDINGS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; BIOREACTOR; DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

INDIA;

EID: 84868219725     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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