The City Blueprint of Amsterdam: An assessment of integrated water resources management in the capital of the Netherlands

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 404-410

  Van Leeuwen, C J ^a,b   Sjerps, R M A ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue city index ; EIP water; Nutrient recovery; Water governance; Water management; Watershare

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CITY BLUEPRINTS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; LONG TERM VISION; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; WATER GOVERNANCE; WATER SECURITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PUBLIC SERVICE; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CITY BLUEPRINT; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CYCLE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84930515028     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2014.127     Document Type: Article

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