Domestic Water Charges in Ireland - Issues and Challenges Conveyed through Social Media

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3577-3591

  Quinn, Martin ^a   Lynn, Theodore ^a   Jollands, Stephen ^b   Nair, Binesh ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Social media; Stakeholders; Sustainable water supply; Water management

Indexed keywords

WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; PAPER ANALYSIS; POLITICAL ISSUES; SOCIAL MEDIA; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDERS; SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY; WATER GOVERNANCE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DATA SET; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SOCIAL MEDIA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84973154922     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1374-y     Document Type: Article

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