The challenge of servicing on-site sanitation in dense urban areas: Experiences from a pilot project in Dhaka

Waterlines

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-163

  Parkinson, Jonathan ^a   Quader, Masudul ^b  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b Dushtha Shasthya Kendra ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Dhaka; Faecal sludge management; Pit latrines

Indexed keywords

FECES; SANITATION; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

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

EID: 45549087103     PISSN: 02628104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1756-3488.2008.017     Document Type: Article

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