Evaluating water quality investments using cost utility analysis

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1601-1610

  Hajkowicz, Stefan ^a   Spencer, Rachel ^b   Higgins, Andrew ^a   Marinoni, Oswald ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Swan River Trust   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost utility analysis; Economic evaluation methods; Multiple criteria analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANALYSIS COSTS; COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION METHOD; ECONOMICS EVALUATIONS; EVALUATION METHODS; HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; QUALITY ENHANCEMENT; QUALITY INVESTMENTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUDGET; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INVESTMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 47249159056     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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