Multi-criteria Decision Analysis: A Strategic Planning Tool for Water Loss Management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3947-3969

  Mutikanga, Harrison E ^a,b,d   Sharma, Saroj K ^a   Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy ^a,b,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Multi criteria; PROMETHEE; Strategic planning; Water loss reduction

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; CONSERVATION MEASURES; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION-AID; EVALUATION CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; PLANNING PROBLEM; PRESSURE MANAGEMENT; PROMETHEE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE LINE; SOCIAL IMPACT; STRATEGIC PLAN; SUPPLY RELIABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER LOSS; WATER LOSS MANAGEMENT; WATER LOSS REDUCTION; WATER UTILITY;

DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; KAMPALA; UGANDA;

EID: 80255135574     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9896-9     Document Type: Review

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