Water scarcity and urban Africa: An overview of urban-rural water linkages

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 621-648

  Showers, Kate B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Electricity; Planning; Pollution; Urban; Water

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036225283     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00132-2     Document Type: Article

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