Desalination and sustainability - An appraisal and current perspective

Water Research

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-106

  Gude, Veera Gnaneswar ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Environmental impacts; Social acceptance; Socioeconomics; Sustainability; Water transport

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

'CURRENT; CASE-STUDIES; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; POTENTIAL WATER SUPPLY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; WATER DEMAND; WATER SCARCE; WATER TRANSPORT;

DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERCEPTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ADSORPTION DESALINATION; AUSTRALIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WIND POWER; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SEA WATER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SEAWATER; SOCIAL CHANGE; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84948808001     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.012     Document Type: Review

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