A water sustainability index for West Java – Part 2: refining the conceptual framework using Delphi technique

Juwana, Iwan; Perera, B. J. C; Muttil, Nitin

doi:10.2166/wst.2010.453

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“…One example is the development of assessment tools based on sustainability indicators, known sustainability indices. These sustainability indices have and West Java Water Sustainability Index -WJWSI (Juwana et al, 2010a). All these indices have the same goal to measure sustainability, which can further be used to assist decision makers and other stakeholders in achieving sustainability.…”

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Indicator-based water sustainability assessment — A review

Juwana¹,

Muttil²,

Perera³

2012

Science of The Total Environment

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Abstract: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 definitions of sustainable development that have been proposed and more specific concepts of sustainability based on sustainability principles and criteria. It then proceeds with the review of existing definitions, principles and guidelines on sustainable water resource management. The paper then explores elements of indicatorbased water sustainability assessment. These elements include the selection of components and indicators, obtaining sub-index values, weighting schemes for components and indicators, aggregation of components and indicators, robustness analysis of the index, and interpretation of the final index value. These six elements are explored considering four existing water sustainability indices and two other sustainability indices that are thought to be useful for the development and use of water sustainability indices.The review presented in this paper on indicator-based water sustainability assessment can provide significant inputs to water stakeholders worldwide for using existing indices, for customising existing indices for their applications, and for developing new water sustainability indices. These indices can provide information on current conditions of water resources, including identifying all factors contributing to the improvement of water resources. This information can be used to communicate the current status of existing water resources to the wider community. Also, the water sustainability indices can be used to assist decision makers to prioritise issues, challenges and programs related to water resource management.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indicator-based water sustainability assessment — A review

Juwana¹,

Muttil²,

Perera³

2012

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Issues selection, it is a screening process based on interviewing a focus group or panel experts, and through them, a greater understanding or judgment on a specific topic is achieved (Juwana et al, 2010). The process aimed to align particular interests on the sustainability (both the client and the supplier) within the mainstream business.…”

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“…Some researchers suggest segmenting the relationships, facilitating effective identification of specific sustainability interests, which in turn allows a strategic objective alignment for jointly creating business values (Juwana, Perera & Muttil, 2010;Marchi, 2013;Prior, 2012;Chou et al, 2015). When in a business relationship, it is seeking higher value levels, the creation process requires continued joint efforts on sustainability context, the focus of this analysis, and it is dependent on the value alignment expectative in the supplier-client relationship.…”

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“…To sum, model is based on the activities organization across discrete projects and business experiments. Juwana et al (2010) developed a conceptual framework of water sustainability index for West Java(WJWSI). The method is composed by three main parts: components, indicators/sub-indicators and threshold values.…”

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Sustainability values for business: A perspective of value alignment in a supplier-client relationship for case Aqualogy

Jaramillo

Serrat

Vidal

et al. 2018

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Purpose: The study's goal is focused on determining a common set of sustainability-related issues and drivers relevant for business-makers, for being used as a framework to inter-organizational communications and thereby to reduce value perception dissonances on supplier-client business relationships.Design/methodology: The study was methodologically based on a documentary review and different work sessions (interviews, workshop, and discussion) with a focus group composed of decision-makers in the water industry sector, of both the supplier and the client company. Findings:The study makes as main contributions a differentiation within the scope of 'sustainability practices of global interest' and 'sustainability practices into business scope' from the business-makers' value perception, providing a set of sustainability value drivers, allowing reduction of value dissonances in business relationships, shedding light on solutions' value creation capacity and at the same time enhancing inter-organizational communications. Research limitations/implications:The final set of sustainability-related issues (and drivers) presented aren't exhaustive and are delimited by the particular scenario generated around Aqualogy's business scope; therefore, it cannot be considered as a standard application mode. Practical implications:This study sheds light on the importance of aligning business expectations around sustainability, and create a value framework that can be useful for fully embedding sustainability into the portfolio, business models, marketing strategies, technologies, and manufacturing processes. This framework can also be useful for analysing value dissonances on supplier-client relationships, identifying value gaps into business models. Originality/value:The empirical study provides detailed insight into how the key decision-makers understand and perceive the sustainability value concept in the mainstream business. The alignment of their value perception shows to companies which sustainability values are expected in business, and how business strategy must use them as value creation drivers.

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“…Of the three approaches, the Delphi method is the one that has been widely used for the selection of parameters (Juwana et al 2010). This method aims to mine view or opinion from experts without having the experts to congregate at an agreed time and place (Delbecq et al 1975).…”

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Development of river water quality indices—a review

Sutadian

Muttil

Yilmaz

et al. 2015

Environ Monit Assess

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The use of water quality indices (WQIs) as a tool to evaluate the status of water quality in rivers has been introduced since the 1960s. The WQI transforms selected water quality parameters into a dimensionless number so that changes in river water quality at any particular location and time could be presented in a simple and easily understandable manner. Although many WQIs have been developed, there is no worldwide accepted method for implementing the steps used for developing a WQI. Thus, there is a continuing interest to develop accurate WQIs that suit a local or regional area. This paper aims to provide significant contribution to the development of future river WQIs through a review of 30 existing WQIs based on the four steps needed to develop a WQI. These steps are the selection of parameters, the generation of sub-indices, the generation of parameter weights and the aggregation process to compute the final index value. From the 30 reviewed WQIs, 7 were identified as most important based on their wider use and they were discussed in detail. It was observed that a major factor that influences wider use of a WQI is the support provided by the government and authorities to implement a WQI as the main tool to evaluate the status of rivers. Since there is a lot of subjectivity and uncertainty involved in the steps for developing and applying a WQI, it is recommended that the opinion of local water quality experts is taken, especially in the first three steps (through techniques like Delphi method). It was also observed that uncertainty and sensitivity analysis was rarely undertaken to reduce uncertainty and hence such an analysis is recommended for future studies.

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A water sustainability index for West Java – Part 2: refining the conceptual framework using Delphi technique

Cited by 48 publications

References 22 publications

Indicator-based water sustainability assessment — A review

Indicator-based water sustainability assessment — A review

Sustainability values for business: A perspective of value alignment in a supplier-client relationship for case Aqualogy

Development of river water quality indices—a review

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