Benchmarking of North Indian urban water utilities

Benchmarking

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-106

  Singh, Mamata R ^a   Mittal, Atul K ^a   Upadhyay, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; India; Urban regions; Water industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952308727     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111109832     Document Type: Article

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