Water sustainability index: Application of CWSI for Ahwaz county

Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers

Volumn 342, Issue , 2009, Pages 1664-1670

  Attari, J ^a   Mojahedi, S A ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

CWSI; Sustainability Index; Water Resources Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CWSI; ECONOMICAL GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EVALUATION METHOD; FUTURE GENERATIONS; HIGH DEMAND; HUMAN HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; POLICY TOOLS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; WATER SUSTAINABILITY; WEIGHT ESTIMATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 70350151180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41036(342)164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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