Adaptive capacity indicators to assess sustainability of urban water systems – Current application

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 751-761

  Spiller, Marc ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; City; Indicators; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); WATERWORKS;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; CITY; CONTROL PROCESS; SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS; TECHNICAL DIMENSIONS; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84978159840     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.088     Document Type: Review

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