Life cycle assessment, a decision-making tool in wastewater treatment facilities

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 305-314

  Ahmed, Mohamed Tawfic ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Decision making; Developing countries; Life cycle assessment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547464159     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6027-4_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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