Measuring sustainability of water supply: Performance indicators and their application in a corporate responsibility report

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 824-830

  Staben, N ^a   Hein, A ^a   Kluge, T ^b  

^a IWW WATER CENTRE   (Germany)

^b Institut fuer Sozialoekologische Forschung ISOE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Corporate responsibility; Performance indicator; Reporting; Sustainability; Water supply

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

BALANCED SCORECARDS; CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; REPORTING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; WATER;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOITATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; REVIEW; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79951764288     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.346     Document Type: Review

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