Suppliers in the privatised UK wastewater market and their possible moves towards integrated solutions

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-572

  Windahl, Charlotta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capital goods; Integrated solutions; Privatisation; Services; Solutions; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845759895     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2006.056     Document Type: Article

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