"top-down-bottom-up" methodology as a common approach to defining bespoke sets of sustainability assessment criteria for the built environment

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-31

  Oltean Dumbrava, Crina ^a   Watts, Greg Robin ^a   Miah, Abdul Hakim Siddique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment framework; Criteria; Infrastructure planning; Noise reducing devices; Project management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS; CRITERIA; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; NOISE REDUCING DEVICES; SUPPORTING SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

BRIDGES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84891378831     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000169     Document Type: Article

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