Modelling direct and indirect water requirements of construction

Building Research and Information

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  McCormack, Michael ^a   Treloar, Graham J ^a   Palmowski, Laurence ^a   Crawford, Robert ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Construction; Embodied water; Environmental impacts; Key indicators; Water; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BUDGET CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EMBODIED WATER; KEY INDICATORS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33947403548     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210601125383     Document Type: Article

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