Developing a regional environmental information system based on macro-level waste indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-270

  Cifrian, Eva ^a   Andres, Ana ^a   Viguri, Javier R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Indicators; Management; Methodology; Monitoring; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA; MANAGEMENT OF WASTES; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; SECOND-HAND MARKETS; WASTE INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTION POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84923371811     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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