An Integrated Environmental Assessment of Green and Gray Infrastructure Strategies for Robust Decision Making

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8307-8314

  Casal Campos, Arturo ^a   Fu, Guangtao ^a   Butler, David ^a   Moore, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Northumbrian Water Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SEWERS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FULLY INTEGRATED; INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; URBAN WASTEWATER SYSTEM; WATER SEPARATION;

DECISION MAKING;

SURFACE WATER; WASTE WATER;

COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEWER NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRADE-OFF; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEWER; SOCIAL ASPECT; STORAGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; SANITATION; WASTE WATER;

CITIES; DECISION MAKING; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84937510436     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es506144f     Document Type: Article

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