Results of an urban water distribution network performance evaluation attempt in Greece

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 267-285

  Kanakoudis, V ^a   Tsitsifli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

PIs; Urban water distribution networks; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; EUROPEAN UNION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

GREECE;

EID: 77956970323     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2010.509436     Document Type: Article

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