Assessment of water resource consumption in building construction in India

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 144, Issue , 2011, Pages 93-101

  Bardhan, S ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Construction water; Ground water; Site water management

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

INDIA;

EID: 84555207838     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO110081     Document Type: Article

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