Environmental costs of a river watershed within the European water framework directive: Results from physical hydronomics

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1008-1016

  Martinez A ^a   Uche, J ^a   Valero, A ^a   Valero Delgado, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental costs; European Water Framework Directive; Exergy; Physical hydronomics; River basin

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EXERGY; LANDFORMS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

CALCULATION PROCEDURE; CATALONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; EUROPEAN UNION; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY LOSS; POLLUTER-PAYS PRINCIPLE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; WATER COSTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER SERVICE; WATER USERS; WATERBODIES;

RIVERS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXERGY; PH; POLLUTION TAX; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER BASIN; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

CATALONIA; FOIX BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 76449091815     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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