Measuring the sustainability of urban water services

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-151

  Marques, Rui Cunha ^a   da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira ^b   Pires, João ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Indicators; Multi criteria decision analysis; Sustainability; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84937201912     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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