Water demand management: Implementation principles and indicative case studies

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 466-476

  Kampragou, Eleni ^a   Lekkas, Demetris F ^b   Assimacopoulos, Dionysis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case studies; Demand management; Management tools

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CRITICAL FACTORS; EFFICIENT PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 82155183077     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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