Assessing Decentralised Water Solutions: Towards a Framework for Adaptive Learning

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-238

  Moglia, Magnus ^a   Cook, Stephen ^a   Sharma, Ashok K ^a   Burn, Stewart ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decentralised water systems; Greenfield developments; Integrated urban water management; Qualitative research; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERWORKS;

ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE; DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS; GREENFIELD; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WATER SYSTEM;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78650305505     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9696-7     Document Type: Article

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