A multiple criteria decision-making approach to evaluate the sustainability indicators in the villagers' lives in Iran with emphasis on earthquake hazard: A case study

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Murgante, Beniamino ^a   Salmani, Mohamad ^b   Qelichi, Mohamad Molaei ^b   Hajilo, Mehdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Earthquake; ELECTRE; Natural hazards; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; PLANNING PRACTICE; RANKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SUSTAINABILITY;

IRAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028320105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9081491     Document Type: Article

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