The use of the Canberra metrics to aggregate metrics to sustainability

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 911-920

  Brandi, Humberto S ^a   Daroda, R J ^a   Olinto, A C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canberra metrics; Sustainability; Sustainability metrics

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CANBERRA; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY METRIC; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84905695587     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0690-7     Document Type: Article

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