Multicriteria analysis for sustainability assessment: Concepts and case studies

Handbook of Sustainability Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 235-264

  Geneletti, Davide ^a   Ferretti, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 84957938641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783471379.00019     Document Type: Chapter

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