Sustainability assessment framework for small-sized urban neighbourhoods: An application of fuzzy synthetic evaluation

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 36, Issue , 2018, Pages 21-32

  Haider, Husnain ^a   Hewage, Kasun ^b   Umer, Adil ^c   Ruparathna, Rajeev ^b   Chhipi Shrestha, Gyan ^b   Culver, Keith ^b   Holland, Mark ^d   Kay, James ^e   Sadiq, Rehan ^b  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Project Delivery Branch Construction   (Canada)

^d New Monaco Enterprise   (Canada)

^e City of Kelowna   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy synthetic evaluation; Neighbourhood sustainability; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable development; Urban neighbourhoods

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SET THEORY; LAND USE;

FUZZY SYNTHETIC EVALUATION; FUZZY SYNTHETIC EVALUATION TECHNIQUE; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES; URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85031285311     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.09.031     Document Type: Article

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