Towards sustainability in urban water: A life cycle analysis of the urban water system of Alexandria City, Egypt

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 18, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1100-1106

  El Sayed Mohamed Mahgoub, Mohamed ^a   Van Der Steen, Nico Peter ^b   Abu Zeid, Khaled ^c   Vairavamoorthy, Kala ^b  

^a Environment and Climate Research Institute   (Egypt)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe CEDARE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Urban water system

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIA; ASSESSMENT METHODS; ECO-INDICATOR 99; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; TREATED WASTEWATER; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; URBAN WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERWORKS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 77955232008     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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