Charting a path for innovative toilet technology using multicriteria decision analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1855-1862

  Borsuk, Mark E ^a,b   Maurer, Max ^a   Lienert, Judit ^a   Larsen, Tove A ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; INNOVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES; STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DECISION THEORY; INNOVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; SWITZERLAND; TECHNOLOGY; URINE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; SWITZERLAND; TOILET FACILITIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 41849135739     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702184p     Document Type: Article

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