Life cycle-based decision support tool for selection of wastewater treatment alternatives

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-72

  Kalbar, Pradip P ^a   Karmakar, Subhankar ^a,b   Asolekar, Shyam R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Decision support tool; Life cycle assessment; Scenario based multiple attribute decision making; Sustainability; Wastewater treatment technology

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; RECLAMATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84961286987     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.036     Document Type: Article

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