Water Demand Management in Singapore: Involving the Public

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2729-2746

  Tortajada, Cecilia ^a   Joshi, Yugal K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Public involvement; Singapore; Water conservation; Water demand; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WATER CONSERVATION;

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT; SINGAPORE; WATER DEMAND; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER PRICING;

WATER TREATMENT;

CONSERVATION; EDUCATION; PRICING POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84877006477     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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