Decision-making for sewer asset management: Theory and practice

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-68

  van Riel, Wouter ^a   van Bueren, Ellen ^a   Langeveld, Jeroen ^a,b   Herder, Paulien ^a   Clemens, François ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; decision support system; information use; multi actor; sewer asset management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; SEWER NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84946482769     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2015.1011667     Document Type: Article

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