Application of the Water Needs Index: Can Tho City, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-212

  Moglia, Magnus ^a   Neumann, Luis E ^a   Alexander, Kim S ^b   Nguyen, Minh N ^a   Sharma, Ashok K ^a   Cook, Stephen ^a   Trung, Nguyen H ^c   Tuan, Dinh D A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Index; Participatory assessment; Urban water; Vietnam; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ADEQUATE WATERS; ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT; BLACK SPOT; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMON LANGUAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; HEALTH ISSUES; INDEX; KEY ELEMENTS; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MEKONG DELTA; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUPPLY PROBLEMS; SYSTEMS THINKING; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SCALE; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; URBAN WATERS; VIET NAM; WATER NEEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER SUPPLY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDEX METHOD; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CAN THO; VIET NAM;

EID: 84867101101     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.036     Document Type: Article

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