A pathway to a more sustainable water sector: Sustainability-based asset management

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1245-1255

  Marlow, D R ^a   Beale, D J ^a   Burn, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset management; Performance management; Qualitative research; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CHANGE PROCESS; HOLISTIC SUSTAINABILITY; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SERVICE PROVISIONS; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; SUSTAINABLE WATER; WATER SECTOR;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASSET MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; BUSINESS ETHICS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952515855     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.043     Document Type: Review

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