Better resource management: An improved resource and environmental efficiency evaluation approach that considers undesirable outputs

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 128, Issue , 2018, Pages 197-205

  Song, Malin ^a   Peng, Jun ^a   Wang, Jianlin ^b   Dong, Liang ^c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b DONGBEI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Decision support; Resource and environmental efficiency; Sustainable consumption and production; Undesirable output

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIRABLE OUTPUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; MAINLAND CHINAS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCES INPUTS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUT;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; STAKEHOLDER;

CHINA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 85034112614     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.08.015     Document Type: Article

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