Sustainability as a Multi-criteria Concept New Developments and Applications

• Other Authors: Diaz-Balteiro, Luis (Editor), González-Pachón, Jacinto (Editor), Romero, Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Economics, finance, business & management; goal programming; interactive methods; forest planning; Green-Tree Retention; climate and energy policy; transformation pathways; low carbon technologies; decision support; multi-criteria analysis; fuzzy PROMETHEE; supplier evaluation; supplier segmentation; multi-attribute utility theory; preference ranking organisation method for enrichment evaluation; quality indicator; food safety; fresh food; sustainable supply chain; multicriteria; circular economy; composite indicators; sustainability; TOPSIS; Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); carbon neutral; ISO 14001; economic-strategic; environmental sustainability; Costa Rica; criteria; food and biodegradable waste; analytic hierarchy process; benefit-cost analysis; multi-criteria decision analysis; waste disposal technology; anaerobic digestion; weak sustainability; strong sustainability; NAIADE; rural land use planning; forestry; agricultural sustainability; environmental performance; sustainability indices; best-worst method; irrigated olive groves; Spain; CoCoSo method; Shannon Entropy method; "Agenda 2030"; sustainable development goals; EU countries; achievement; assessment; wind energy; multi-objective optimization; weighted goal programming; progressive bounded constraint; n/a
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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 intere...