Multi-criteria decision making for integrated urban water management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1017-1029

  Zarghami, Mahdi ^a   Abrishamchi, Ahmad ^a   Ardakanian, Reza ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Compromise programming; Demand management; Integrated water resources management; Long distance water transfer

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGIONAL PLANNING; REUSABILITY; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; BUSINESS MEDIA; COMPROMISE PROGRAMMING (CP); CONJUNCTIVE USE; DECISION MAKERS (DM); FRESH WATER RESOURCES; INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (IUWM); INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IWRM); LEAKAGE DETECTION; LONG TERM PLANNING; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MULTI OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING (MODM); MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (MCDM); POPULATION GROWTH; SPRINGER (CO); URBAN AREAS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER SUPPLY OPERATIONS; WATER TRANSFER PROJECTS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARID REGION; DECISION MAKING; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SISTAN VA BALUCHESTAN; ZAHEDAN;

EID: 46949107833     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-007-9207-7     Document Type: Article

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