Multi-criteria decision making in the sustainability assessment of sewerage pipe systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 4762-4770

  De La Fuente, Albert ^a   Pons, Oriol ^a   Josa, Alejandro ^a   Aguado, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AHP; MIVES; Pipe; Sewer; Sustainability; Urban networks

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; PIPE; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEWERS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYESTER; MIVES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; URBAN NETWORKS;

CONCRETE PIPE;

EID: 84957895192     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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