Transport sustainability index: Melbourne case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-296

  Reisi, Marzieh ^a   Aye, Lu ^a   Rajabifard, Abbas ^a   Ngo, Tuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite index; Factor analysis; Principle component analysis; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable urban transport

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPOSITE INDEX; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; LOCAL AREAS; NORMALISATION; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84898421770     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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