Stakeholder analysis combined with social network analysis provides fine-grained insights into water infrastructure planning processes

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-148

  Lienert, Judit ^a   Schnetzer, Florian ^a   Ingold, Karin ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actors; Infrastructure; Social network analysis; Stakeholder analysis; Wastewater management; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; FINE GRAINED; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PLANNING PROCESS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

WATER SUPPLY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL NETWORK; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84877346173     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.052     Document Type: Article

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