Sustainability as a Multi-criteria Concept : New Developments and Applications

• Autore: Diaz-Balteiro Luis
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Economics, Finance, Business and Management
• Soggetto non controllato: "Agenda 2030"; achievement; agricultural sustainability; anaerobic digestion; analytic hierarchy process; Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); assessment; benefit-cost analysis; best-worst method; carbon neutral; circular economy; climate and energy policy; CoCoSo method; composite indicators; Costa Rica; criteria; decision support; economic-strategic; environmental performance; environmental sustainability; EU countries; food and biodegradable waste; food safety; forest planning; forestry; fresh food; fuzzy PROMETHEE; goal programming; Green-Tree Retention; interactive methods; irrigated olive groves; ISO 14001; low carbon technologies; multi-attribute utility theory; multi-criteria analysis; multi-criteria decision analysis; multi-objective optimization; multicriteria; n/a; NAIADE; preference ranking organisation method for enrichment evaluation; progressive bounded constraint; quality indicator; rural land use planning; Shannon Entropy method; Spain; strong sustainability; supplier evaluation; supplier segmentation; sustainability; sustainability indices; sustainable development goals; sustainable supply chain; TOPSIS; transformation pathways; waste disposal technology; weak sustainability; weighted goal programming; wind energy
• Persona (resp. second.): González-PachónJacinto; RomeroCarlos; Diaz-BalteiroLuis
• Sommario/riassunto: Sustainability is a fairly old concept, born in the 18th century in the field of forestry, within a mono-functionality perspective. The concept has considerably evolved in the last few years towards a multi-functionality context, with applications reported in practically all areas of economic interest. On the other hand, modern sustainability is a complex problem, for two reasons: a) The multiplicity of functions of a very different nature involved in the process and b) The manner in which different segments of the society or stakeholders perceive the relative importance of these functions. For the above reasons, a realistic approach for dealing with the sustainability issue requires taking into consideration multiple criteria of different nature (economic, environmental and social), and in many cases within a participatory decision making framework. This book presents a collection of papers, dealing with different theoretical and applied issues of sustainability, with the help of a modern multi-criteria decision-making theory, with a single as well as several stakeholders involved in the decision-making process. Hopefully, this material will encourage academics and practitioners to alter their research in this hot and vital topic. After all, the sustainable management of the environment and its embedded resources is one of the most important, if not the major challenge of the 21st century.
• Altri titoli varianti: Sustainability as a Multi-criteria Concept
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainability as a Multi-criteria Concept
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557779103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II