A multi-methodological approach for assessing sustainability of urban projects

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-154

  Bottero, Marta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic network process; Discounted cash flow analysis; Multicriteria analysis; Projects plans programmes; Sensitivity analysis; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921873861     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MEQ-06-2014-0088     Document Type: Article

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