DocumentCode
613610
Title
Developing a systems thinking perspective of hospital water sustainability
Author
Faezipour, Miad ; Ferreira, S.
Author_Institution
Syst. Eng. Res. Center, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
15-18 April 2013
Firstpage
109
Lastpage
113
Abstract
A goal of water sustainability in hospitals is to manage the use of water without causing unacceptable social, economic, or environmental consequences. This paper discusses the development of a hospital water sustainability causal model including the model validation process, and validation results. The model provides a systems thinking representation of water sustainability in hospitals.
Keywords
hospitals; sustainable development; economic consequence; environmental consequence; hospital water sustainability causal model; model validation process; systems thinking perspective; systems thinking representation; unacceptable social consequence; Hospitals; Modeling; Wastewater; Water conservation; Water pollution; Water resources; causal model; system dynamics; validation; water sustainability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems Conference (SysCon), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-3107-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SysCon.2013.6549867
Filename
6549867
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