Creating an integrative assessment system for green schools in Iran

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 119, Issue , 2016, Pages 236-246

  Meiboudi, Hossein ^a   Lahijanian, Akramolmolok ^a   Shobeiri, Seyed Mohammad ^b   Jozi, Seyed Ali ^c   Azizinezhad, Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process; Fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution; Green school; Iran

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

ASSESSMENT; FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GREEN SCHOOLS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; IRAN;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84969335507     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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