Environmental system analysis for river pollution control

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3207-3218

  Diwakar, Jasmine ^a   Thakur, Jay Krishna ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Health and Environment Management Society (HEMS)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Environmental system analysis; Hanumante River; Nepal; River pollution control

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; NEPAL; POLICY MAKERS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SYSTEM; TIME HORIZONS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NEPAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BAGMATI; BHAKTAPUR; HANUMANTE RIVER; NEPAL;

EID: 84862182660     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1102-z     Document Type: Article

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