Regulation and comparative discretion of publicly and privately owned water companies in the Netherlands, England and Wales

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-259

  Schouten, Marco ^a   Van Dijk, Meine Pieter ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Management; Privatization; Regulation; Strategy; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950857184     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.079     Document Type: Article

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