A sustainability framework for the Australian water industry

Water

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Lundie, S ^a,b   Peters, G ^a,b   Ashbolt, N ^a   Lai, E ^a   Livingston, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Centre for Water and Waste Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Multicriteria assessment; Risk analysis; Stakeholder participation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249296740     PISSN: 03100367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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