| Article ID: | iaor19981745 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 85 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 229 |
| End Page Number: | 243 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1995 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Beek Paul van, Hordijk Leen, Bloemhof-Ruwaard Jacqueline M., Wassenhove Luk N. Van |
| Keywords: | ecology |
Economic growth is frequently considered to be in conflict with sustainable development and environmental quality. Therefore, a decision maker needs to know how to deal with the environmental issues that come around. This article aims to inform Operational Researchers of the possibilities of incorporating environmental issues when analyzing industrial supply chains and to inform environmental scientists more generally of the value of using OR models and techniques in environmental research.