Combining cognitive mapping and MCDA for improving quality of life in urban areas

Cities

Volumn 78, Issue , 2018, Pages 116-127

  Faria, Patrícia A M ^a   Ferreira, Fernando A F ^a,b   Jalali, Marjan S ^a   Bento, Paulo ^a   António, Nelson J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive maps; MACBETH; Multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA); Quality of life (QoL) performance evaluation; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MAPPING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 85042679606     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.02.006     Document Type: Article

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