Evaluation of an integrated asset life-cycle management (ALCM) model and assessment of practices in the water utility sector

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-290

  Haffejee, Mehmood ^a   Brent, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asset management; Life cycle management; South Africa; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGEING INFRASTRUCTURES; INTEGRATED MODELING; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL PERFORMANCE;

LIFE CYCLE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE; PIPELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47249124443     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i2.183651     Document Type: Article

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