PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 19, Issue no.2/ 2025

Authors :

Elifcan Göçmen POLAT *1 Erkan POLAT 2

1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Munzur University, Tunceli, Türkiye 

2 Department of Civil Engineering, Munzur University, Tunceli, Türkiye

E-mail : * Corresponding author: elifcangocmen@munzur.edu.tr

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2025192013

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