Urban water demand management: Prospects and challenges for the developing countries

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-218

  Sharma, Saroj K ^a   Vairavamoorthy, Kala ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constraints; Demand management measures; Developing countries; Prospects; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINTS; DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; PROSPECTS; SKILLED MANPOWER; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATERS; WATER DEMAND; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER UTILITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPETITION;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER LOSS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 69549124302     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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