Drivers of an urban community's acceptance of a large desalination scheme for drinking water

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 528, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-44

  Gibson, Fiona L ^a,b   Tapsuwan, Sorada ^a,c   Walker, Iain ^a,c   Randrema, Elodie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b National Environmental Research Program Environmental Decisions Hub   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community acceptance; Desalination; Drinking water

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; SURVEYS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

ATTITUDES; ATTITUDINAL FACTORS; CHANGING CLIMATE; COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE; PERTH , WESTERN AUSTRALIA; POLICY MAKERS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; URBAN COMMUNITY;

DESALINATION;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; MIDDLE EAST; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84940513691     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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