Indicator-based water sustainability assessment — A review
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Indicator-based water sustainability assessment - a review.
In the past few decades, there have been extensive efforts on measuring sustainability. One example is the development of assessment tools based on sustainability indicators. Several individuals and organisations have suggested various indices for assessing sustainability. This paper focuses on the review of water sustainability assessment using the indicator-based approach. It discusses major ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science of The Total Environment
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.093