Development and urban sustainability: An analysis of efficiency using data envelopment analysis

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Alfonso Piña, William H ^a   Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b Department of Innovation   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombian cities; Data envelopment analysis; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLICY APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WELFARE IMPACT;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84960425256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8020148     Document Type: Article

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