More on aggregating multiple indicators into a single index for sustainability analyses

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-773

  Sikdar, Subhas K ^a   Sengupta, Debalina ^a   Harten, Paul ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative sustainability; Index for sustainability; Metrics aggregation; Sustainability; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

AUTOMOTIVE SHREDDER RESIDUES; MARKET APPLICATIONS; METRICS AGGREGATIONS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDEX; MULTIPLE INDICATORS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84868580857     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-012-0520-3     Document Type: Article

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