A review of infrastructure challenges: Assessing stormwater system sustainability

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 483-492

  Upadhyaya, Jyoti Kumari ^a   Biswas, Nihar ^b   Tam, Edwin ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change management; Climate change; Gap analysis; Infrastructure; Public health; Resource minimization; Stormwater; Sustainability assessment; Urban water

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; GAP ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURE; STORMWATERS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; URBAN WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 84919685024     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2013-0430     Document Type: Article

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