Going small when the city grows big new options for water supply and sanitation in rapidly expanding urban areas

Water International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 354-363

  Drangert, Jan Olof ^a   Okotto Okotto, Joseph ^b   Okotto, Lorna G O ^c   Auko, Otieno ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Lake Basin Development Authority   (Kenya)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d Bandaptai Laboratories   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Household action; Neighborhood cooperation; Population growth; Urban infrastructure; Urban water management; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036755167     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060208687015     Document Type: Article

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