Proposal of an indicator-based sustainability assessment framework for the mining sector of APEC economies

Resources Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 405-417

  Bui, Nuong Thi ^a   Kawamura, Akira ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^b   Prathumratana, Lunchakorn ^b   Kim, Tae Heok ^c   Yoon, Suk Ho ^c   Jang, Min ^c   Amaguchi, Hideo ^a   Bui, Duong Du ^d   Truong, Ngoc Tu ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Mine Reclamation Corporation   (South Korea)

^d National Center for Water Resources Planning and Investigation of Vietnam (NAWAPI)   (Viet Nam)

^e EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

AHP; APEC; Fuzzy logic; Mining sector; Sustainability assessment framework

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; MINING; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION;

APEC; DECISION MAKERS; ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION; GLOBAL SCALE; GLOBAL TRADE; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; MINING SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MINING INDUSTRY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 85019417999     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.05.005     Document Type: Article

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