Developing a composite sustainability index for real estate projects using multiple criteria decision making

Operational Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 617-635

  Dobrovolskienė, Nomeda ^a   Tamošiūnienė, Rima ^a   Banaitis, Audrius ^a   Ferreira, Fernando A F ^b,c   Banaitienė, Nerija ^a   Taujanskaitė, Kamilė ^a   Meidutė Kavaliauskienė, Ieva ^a,d  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composite sustainability index; Multiple criteria decision making; Real estate; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037158052     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-017-0365-y     Document Type: Article

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