Water-flushing toilets: Systemic development and path-dependent characteristics and their bearing on technological alternatives

Technology in Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-360

  Quitzau, Maj Britt ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Path dependence; Sewage; Toilets; Water flushing toilets

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MODERNIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE TOILET SOLUTIONS; SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENT; WATER-FLUSHING TOILETS;

FACILITIES;

FLUSHING; INNOVATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWER NETWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34347257061     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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