Household strategies for coping with unreliable water supplies: The case of Delhi

Habitat International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-307

  Zérah, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a ASTRAN Asia Pac Technol Res N   (India)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Delhi; Service reliability; Water supplies

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DRINKING WATER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 0343133919     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(99)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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