An innovative sustainability assessment for urban wastewater infrastructure and its application in Chengdu, China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3553-3560

  Murray, A ^a   Ray, I ^a   Nelson, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Sanitation; Sustainability criteria; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; POLICY STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

ASIA; CHENGDU; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 69249213885     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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