Making the cup run over - The challenge of urban water supply for South Africa's Reconstruction and Development Programme

GeoJournal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Goldblatt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST RECOVERY; RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029669485     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00174924     Document Type: Article

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