Closing the loop: A systems thinking led sustainable sanitation project in Australia

54th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2010: Governance for a Resilient Planet

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 346-358

  Sankaran, Shankar ^a   Abeysuriya, Kumi ^a   Gray, Janice ^b   Kachenko, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Nursery and Gardens Industry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Sustainability; Systems thinking; Urine diversion

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; AUSTRALIA; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; FACILITIES MANAGEMENT; GARDEN INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL SETTING; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; SYSTEMS THINKING; TRIAL PERIOD; UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY; WATER UTILITY;

BODY FLUIDS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY; WATER SUPPLY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84865660646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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