Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 113, Issue , 2016, Pages 884-896

  Pellicer, Eugenio ^a   Sierra, Leonardo A ^b   Yepes, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Active learning; Analytic hierarchy process; Construction; Graduate; Infrastructures; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTIVE LEARNING; ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION FIELDS; GRADUATE; INFRASTRUCTURES; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84949648682     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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