Revising the existing Performance Indicator system for small water supply utilities in Japan

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 377-393

  Shinde, Victor Rana ^a   Hirayama, Nagahisa ^a   Mugita, Ai ^a   Itoh, Sadahiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

benchmarking; PDCA cycle; Performance Indicators; Principal Component Analysis; small water utilities

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84886377814     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2012.739628     Document Type: Article

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