Quantification of qualitative data in the water sector: The challenges

Water International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-161

  Sijbesma, Christine ^a   Postma, Leonie ^b  

^a IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^b ProRail   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Management; Qualitative information; Quantification; Social research

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249159485     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802022209     Document Type: Article

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