Emergy analysis applied to the estimation of the recovery of costs for water services under the European Water Framework Directive

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2123-2132

  Brown, Mark T ^a   Martínez, Amaya ^b   Uche, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergy; Environmental cost of water; EU Water Directive; Full cost recovery; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; FULL COST RECOVERY; FULL COSTS;

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CHEMICALS; COSTS; DEPRECIATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; RECOVERY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

SPAIN;

EID: 77954539899     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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