A comprehensive framework for automotive sustainability assessment

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 1034-1044

  Jasiński, Dominik ^a   Meredith, James ^b   Kirwan, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive; Interview study; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability assessment criteria

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CRASHWORTHINESS; DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOTIVE; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE; INTERVIEW STUDY; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84989908545     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.027     Document Type: Article

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