Multicriteria development of synthetic indicators of the environmental profile of the Spanish regions

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-23

  Cabello, J M ^a   Navarro, E ^a   Prieto, F ^b   Rodriguez B ^a   Ruiz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Príncipe de Vergara ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Multicriteria methods; Reference point; Strong sustainability; Synthetic indicators; Weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; PREFERENCE AGGREGATIONS; REFERENCE POINTS; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS; SYNTHETIC INDICATORS;

AGGREGATES; PLANNING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84891070301     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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