Distributed water infrastructure for sustainable communities

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2795-2816

  Makropoulos, Christos K ^a   Butler, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralised; Distributed water infrastructure; Micro generation; Strategies; Urban water

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALISED; DISTRIBUTED WATER; MICROGENERATION; STRATEGIES; URBAN WATERS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAND USE; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

DECENTRALIZATION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955768036     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9580-5     Document Type: Article

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