Decision support for sustainable option selection in integrated urban water management

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1448-1460

  Makropoulos, C K ^a   Natsis, K ^b   Liu, S ^a   Mittas, K ^c   Butler, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support; Option selection; Sustainability assessment; Urban water management; Water cycle modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CANNING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPETITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOOLS; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

CASE STUDIES; DECISION SPACES; DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (DST); DECISION SUPPORTS; ELSEVIER (CO); INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT (IUWM); KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI OBJECTIVES; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; SITE SPECIFIC; STORM WATERS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; URBAN SETTINGS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATERS; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATER DEMANDS; WATER SAVINGS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47849109031     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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