A new approach to urban water management: Safe and sure

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 347-354

  Butler, D ^a   Farmani, R ^a   Fu, G ^a   Ward, S ^a   Diao, K ^a   Astaraie Imani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coping; Mitigation; Reliability; Resilience; Safety; Sustainability; Water management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; COPING; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; MITIGATION; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; RESILIENCE; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84949117164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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