Non-compensatory composite indicators for the evaluation of urban planning policy: The Land-Use Policy Efficiency Index (LUPEI)

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 491-507

  Attardi, Raffaele ^a   Cerreta, Maria ^b   Sannicandro, Valentina ^b   Torre, Carmelo Maria ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

(S) Decision Support Systems; (S) Multiple Criteria Analysis; Composite indicators; ELECTRE methods; Land use change; Land use policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPOSITE INDICATORS; ELECTRE METHODS; LAND USE POLICY; LAND-USE CHANGE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS;

LAND USE;

EID: 85028363701     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.07.064     Document Type: Article

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