Governance regime factors conducive to innovation uptake in urban water management: Experiences from Europe

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Rouillard, Josselin ^a   Vidaurre, Rodrigo ^a   Brouwer, Stijn ^b   Damman, Sigrid ^c   Ponce, Alberto Antorán ^d   Gerner, Nadine V ^e   Riegels, Niels ^f   Termes, Montserrat ^d  

^a ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Emschergenossenschaft   (Germany)

^f DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cities; Sustainability; Transitions; Water governance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; POTABLE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION; CITIES; INFLUENCE OF WATER; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TYPES OF INNOVATIONS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER GOVERNANCE; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

URBAN GROWTH;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DRINKING WATER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INNOVATION; MARKET TRANSITION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84994669356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8100477     Document Type: Article

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