Evaluation of the vulnerability to contamination of drinking water systems for rural regions in Québec, Canada

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 615-638

  Cool, Geneviève ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel J ^a   Bouchard, Christian ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^b   Joerin, Florent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Drinking water; Multi criteria analysis; Rural water; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77954098448     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640561003727128     Document Type: Article

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