Proposed framework for sustainability screening of urban transport projects in developing countries: A case study of Accra, Ghana

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-34

  Jones, Steven ^a   Tefe, Moses ^b   Appiah Opoku, Seth ^c  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b NORWICH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Multi criteria decision making; Project screening; Sustainability; Transport planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DECISION SUPPORTS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RELATIVE RANKINGS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING WORLD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84873244555     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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