Assessing urban quality: a proposal for a MCDA evaluation framework

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 1427-1444

  Oppio, A ^a   Bottero, M ^b   Arcidiacono, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multi Attribute Value Theory; Sustainable development; Urban design; Urban quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040220806     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-017-2738-2     Document Type: Article

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