Sustainable development practices in mining sector: A GSCM approach

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-243

  Muduli, Kamalakanta ^a   Barve, Akhilesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

Author keywords

Green supply chain management; GSCM; Interpretive structural modelling; ISM; Mining industries.; SD; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; GSCM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; STRUCTURAL MODELLING;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879645960     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2013.054942     Document Type: Article

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