Sustainable innovation in wastewater management: lessons for nutrient recovery and reuse

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 769-780

  Fam, Dena M ^a   Mitchell, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

end user perspectives; environmental policy; innovation; nutrient recovery; sanitation; social innovation; strategic niche management; transition management; urine diversion

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; SANITATION; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84883471547     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.716408     Document Type: Article

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