Towards a sustainable industrial ecology: Implementation of a novel approach in the performance evaluation of Italian regions

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 178, Issue , 2018, Pages 220-236

  Arbolino, Roberta ^a   De Simone, Luisa ^a   Carlucci, Fabio ^b   Yigitcanlar, Tan ^c   Ioppolo, Giuseppe ^d  

^a University of Naples L'Orientale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indicator; Environmental sustainability; Industrial ecology; Multivariate analysis; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMPOSITE INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85040775333     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.183     Document Type: Article

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