Implications of Urban Form on Water Distribution Systems Performance

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-97

  Farmani, Raziyeh ^a   Butler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Reliability; Scenarios; Urban form; Water distribution systems; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; EXPANSION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); RELIABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SCENARIOS; SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; URBAN FORM; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

URBAN GROWTH;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84890864817     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0472-3     Document Type: Article

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