Community partnered projects: A case study of a collaborative effort to improve sanitation in a marginalized community in northwest Mexico

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-213

  Robles Morua, Agustin ^a   Mayer, Alex S ^a   Durfee, Mary H ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Local governance; Northwest Mexico; Poverty; Public participation; Rural development; Sanitation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FEDERAL SYSTEM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SANITATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ROSARIO DE TESOPACO; SONORA;

EID: 58149202379     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-007-9104-5     Document Type: Review

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