An indicator-based algorithm to measure transportation sustainability: A case study of the U.S. states

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 89, Issue , 2018, Pages 738-754

  Mahdinia, Iman ^a   Habibian, Meeghat ^a   Hatamzadeh, Yaser ^a   Gudmundsson, Henrik ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b CONCITO ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Composite index; Factor analysis; Indicator; Sustainable transportation; U.S. states

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE INDEX; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH DAKOTA; SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY; U.S. STATES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALGORITHM; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRITORY; TRANSPORTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042692382     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.019     Document Type: Article

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