TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing water demand by contract
T2 - a survey of conservation outsourcing in China
AU - Zhang, Mingshun
AU - Zhang, Miao
AU - Zhao, Hui
AU - van Dijk, Meine Pieter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The research was to gain insight into the characteristics, driving forces and barriers, specifications, and other issues of water conservation outsourcing contracts (OSCs) in China. Our analysis is based on information obtained from a pre-coded questionnaire, an assessment of OSC documents, and project on-site visits and interviews. The result shows that both parties of the OSCs lack knowledge and experience in preparing contracts. All eight contract documents are underspecified, which is the key reason for the existing disputes found in all OSCs studied. Recommendations are provided by this research to improve China's OSCs in the future.
AB - The research was to gain insight into the characteristics, driving forces and barriers, specifications, and other issues of water conservation outsourcing contracts (OSCs) in China. Our analysis is based on information obtained from a pre-coded questionnaire, an assessment of OSC documents, and project on-site visits and interviews. The result shows that both parties of the OSCs lack knowledge and experience in preparing contracts. All eight contract documents are underspecified, which is the key reason for the existing disputes found in all OSCs studied. Recommendations are provided by this research to improve China's OSCs in the future.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jup.2020.101128
DO - 10.1016/j.jup.2020.101128
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091585159
SN - 0957-1787
VL - 67
JO - Utilities Policy
JF - Utilities Policy
M1 - 101128
ER -