Economic value of safe water for the infrastructurally disadvantaged urban household: A case study in Delhi, India

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Dasgupta, Purnamita ^a   Dasgupta, Rajib ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Access; Delhi; Urbanization; Valuation; Water quality; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMIC RESOURCES; ECONOMIC VALUE; URBANIZATION; WATER STRESS;

WATER;

POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER WATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STRESS; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ASIA; DELHI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10944231583     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002461     Document Type: Article

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