Application of west java water sustainability index to three water catchments in west java, Indonesia
| Autor: | Nitin Muttil, B. J. C Perera, Iwan Juwana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Index (economics) 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology Poverty business.industry Environmental resource management Drainage basin General Decision Sciences West java 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Water resources Catchment hydrology Sustainability Resource management business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Indicators. 70:401-408 |
| ISSN: | 1470-160X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.017 |
| Popis: | This study presents a comparative application of the West Java Water Sustainability Index to Citarum, Ciliwung and Citanduy catchments in West Java, Indonesia. A two-fold comparison is presented, firstly, that of the overall condition of water resources using the final index value and secondly, that of specific water sustainability issues using the comparison of the sub-index values of the indicators. The overall comparison ranks the condition of water resources of Citanduy catchment is slightly better, whereas sub-index values of Education , Health Impact , Water Demand , and Poverty show important differences among catchments. Based on the performance of the catchments identified in this study, priority of actions has been recommended to the authorities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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