Risks and tensions in water industry innovation: Understanding adoption of decentralised water systems from a socio-technical transitions perspective

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 113, Issue , 2016, Pages 263-273

  Quezada, George ^a   Walton, Andrea ^a   Sharma, Ashok ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Environmental policy; Industry reform; Sustainable urban water management

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES; BARRIERS TO ADOPTION; DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS; PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84949677091     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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