Wastewater management in Zimbabwe in the context of sustainability

Water Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-517

  Nhapi, Innocent ^a   Gijzen, Huub J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conventional sanitation approach; Incentive mechanism; Paradigm shift; Regulations; Sustainable sanitation; Wastewater management; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444312013     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2004.0033     Document Type: Review

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