Assessing urban water sustainability in South Africa - Not just performance measurement

Water SA

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-350

  Carden, K ^a   Armitage, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Performance measurement; Sustainability index; Urban water management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION; INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; RAPID POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROPS; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

URBAN GROWTH;

DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879527838     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v39i3.1     Document Type: Article

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