Metabolism-modelling approaches to long-term sustainability assessment of urban water services

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 11-22

  Venkatesh, G ^a   Brattebø, Helge ^a   Sægrov, Sveinung ^a   Behzadian, Kourosh ^b   Kapelan, Zoran ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamic metabolism model (DMM); key performance indicators; sustainability assessment; urban water services; WaterMet2

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84929490535     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2015.1057184     Document Type: Article

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