Sustainability as a Multi-criteria Concept: New Developments and Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 51521
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest management; forest sustainability; multi-criteria decision-making techniques
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Interests: participatory decision-making; aggregation of preferences; negotiation; multi-criteria decision-making
Interests: multicriteria decision making and economics; environment sustainable management; forest management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability is an old concept born in the 18th century in the field of forestry within a mono-functionality perspective. This concept has considerably evolved in the last few years towards a multi-functionality context with applications in practically all areas of economic interest. On the other hand, modern sustainability is a complex problem for two types of reasons: a) The multiplicity of functions of 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.
Therefore, a realistic approach to dealing with sustainability issue requires taking into consideration multiple criteria of different nature (economic, environmental, and social), in many cases within a participatory decision-making framework. This Special Issue aims to encourage works in both theoretical and applied fields dealing with different issues of sustainability with the help of a modern multiple-criteria decision-making theory and a single or several stakeholders involved in the decision-making process.
Prof. Dr. Luis Diaz-Balteiro
Prof. Dr. Jacinto González-Pachón
Prof. Dr. Carlos Romero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Multiple Criteria Decision Making
- Indicators and Synthetic Indices
- Sustainability Measurement.
- Rankings in terms of Sustainability
- Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
- Collective Decision Making
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