Challenges towards sustainable urban water management in developing countries

Water 21

Volumn , Issue JUN., 2003, Pages 49-54

  Starkl, Markus ^a   Grassini, Laura ^b   Raval, Pratap ^c   Grandi, Silvia ^d   Donnelly, Tom ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037852210     PISSN: 15619508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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