Economic analysis of wider benefits to facilitate SuDS uptake in London, UK

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 28, Issue , 2017, Pages 411-419

  Ossa Moreno, Juan ^a   Smith, Karl M ^b   Mijic, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic appraisal; Flood risk; Funding sustainability; SuDS; SuDS wider benefits; Urban infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; INVESTMENTS; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC APPRAISAL; FLOOD RISKS; SUDS; SUDS WIDER BENEFITS; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 85000819304     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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