Sustainable urban water futures in developing countries: the centralised, decentralised or hybrid dilemma

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 543-558

  Poustie, Michael S ^a   Deletic, Ana ^a   Brown, Rebekah R ^a   Wong, Tony ^a   de Haan, Fjalar J ^a   Skinner, Robert ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

centralised; decentralised; developing countries; hybrid systems; infrastructure; sustainable urban water management

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

VANUATU;

EID: 84940437753     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2014.916725     Document Type: Article

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