Integrated modelling of risk and uncertainty underlying the cost and effectiveness of water quality measures

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 922-937

  Brouwer, Roy ^a   De Blois, Chris ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Integrated modelling; Risk; Uncertainty; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY; INTEGRATED MODELLING;

WATER QUALITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 40849111558     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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