Examining component-based city health by implementing a fuzzy evaluation approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 93, Issue , 2018, Pages 791-803

  Wu, Shuyao ^a   Li, Delong ^a   Wang, Xiaoyue ^a   Li, Shuangcheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; City evaluation; City health; Fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CITY EVALUATION; FUZZY EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC METHOD; HEALTH EVALUATION; HEALTH EXAMINATIONS; PLANNING POLICIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBJECTIVE OBJECTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA;

EID: 85047822913     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.082     Document Type: Article

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