Water security problems in Canada's oil sands

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Kim, Young Jae ^a   Hipel, Keith W ^a   Bowman, Clement W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; EVALUATION MATRICES; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; OIL SANDS INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC ISSUES; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER QUANTITIES;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OIL SANDS; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84880941643     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2013.773770     Document Type: Article

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