Assessing the performance of urban water supply systems in providing potable water for the urban poor: The case of Dhaka, Bangladesh

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-318

  Akbar, Delwar ^a   van Horen, Basil ^a   Minnery, John ^a   Smith, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38949085530     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.29.3.2     Document Type: Article

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