Judgment under uncertainty; a probabilistic evaluation framework for decision-making about sanitation systems in low-income countries

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-114

  Malekpour, Shirin ^a   Langeveld, Jeroen ^a   Letema, Sammy ^b   Clemens, François ^a   van Lier, Jules ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Low income country; Probabilistic evaluation; Sanitation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISIONS MAKINGS; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; EVALUATION PARAMETERS; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK; SANITATION SYSTEMS; SINGLE POINT; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PROBABILITY; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; KENYA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

KENYA; KISUMU; NYANZA;

EID: 84873952907     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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