The innovation deficit in urban water: The need for an integrated perspective on institutions, organizations, and technology

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 395-408

  Kiparsky, Michael ^a,b   Sedlak, David L ^a,c   Thompson, Barton H ^a,d   Truffer, Bernhard ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

^d STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

infrastructure; innovation systems; policy: sustainability; urban water

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; INNOVATION SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; URBAN WATERS;

RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

WATER;

FINANCE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTEGRATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84885122494     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2012.0427     Document Type: Review

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