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External Validity of Hypothetical Surveys and Laboratory Experiments
Chang, Jae Bong; Lusk, Jayson L.; Norwood, F. Bailey - 2008
We compare the ability of three preference elicitation methods (hypothetical choices, non-hypothetical choices, and non-hypothetical rankings) and three discrete-choice econometric models (the multinomial logit, the independent availability logit, and the random parameter logit) to predict...
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Demand modeling and analysis for the management of underground infrastructure systems
Chung, Seunghyun - 2001
Factors such as rapidly growing population in metropolitan areas, stricter government regulations in wastewater infrastructure management, wastewater infrastructure assets nearing the end of its design life, along with limited budgets for maintenance and rehabilitation, are constantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430300
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Development of an asset valuation model for wastewater infrastructure assets
Baik, Hyeon-Shik - 2003
Valuation of infrastructure assets has drawn close attention in the U.S. since the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement 34 (GASB 34) was issued in 1999. GASB 34 recommends two valuation methods: the depreciation method and the modified approach. The depreciation method estimates the...
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Optimization modeling for management of large combined sewer networks
Wirahadikusumah, Reini D - 1999
This study develops a decision-making framework for large combined sewer management to assist asset managers in decision-making regarding sewer maintenance and rehabilitation plans under constraints of limited access to sewer condition data. Traditionally, municipalities have addressed this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430505
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11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2004
Davis, Jennifer - 2004
Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432313
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Corruption in social services and human development: water, sanitation and electricity sectors
Sohail (Khan), M.; Cavill, Sue - 2010
Corruption costs the Water, Sanitation and Electricity (WSE) sectors millions of dollars everyyear, siphoning off …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461045
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User based perceptions of on-plot sanitation systems in low income urban communities in Africa and Asia
Saywell, Darren L. - 2000
-plot sanitation systems potentially offer a solution to the sanitaryneeds of the urban poor. Nevertheless, commonly held assumptions … appropriateness anduser acceptability of on-plot sanitation options. The thesis contributes to an improvedunderstanding of the context … sanitation, more effectivestimulation and negotiation of demand for sanitation systems and challenges for agenciesin adopting a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461262
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The development of the rural water supply and sanitation sector in Zimbabwe between 1974 and 1987: the design and impact of donor supported projects
Boydell, Robert Arthur - 1990
andtrends of contemporary aid philosophy and its translationin to rural development and water and sanitation projects,which led … to ruraldevelopment and the goals of the IDWSSD. However, the largeinvestments in water and sanitation which included …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461287
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Towards Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation Services: Barriers and Bridges
Hjorth, Peder - 2009
found that in most developing countries the state of water supply and sanitation services were deplorable. Consequently, a … call for concerted action to improve coverage and efficiency of the water supply and sanitation sector was launched. This … call resulted in the International Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981–1990). The Decade provided important lessons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468361
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Battle and Beating, Water and Waste: Micro-Level Impact Evaluation in Developing and Emerging Economies
Rieckmann, Johannes P. - 2014
Die Dissertation mit dem Titel “Battle and Beating, Water and Waste: Micro-Level Impact Evaluation in Developing and Emerging Economies” beinhaltet die Ergebnisse ökonometrischer Wirkungsevaluierungen, die innerhalb zwei verschiedener Themengebieten des täglichen Lebens in Entwicklungs-...
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