Reflections on ethics and MCA in environmental decisions

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 65-74

  Rauschmayer, Felix ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environment; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002238956     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.288     Document Type: Article

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