A tale of two cities: Restoring water services in Kabul and Monrovia

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 574-590

  Pinera, Jean François ^a   Reed, Robert A ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Humanitarian aid; Kabul; Monrovia; Urban services; Water supply

Indexed keywords

HUMANITARIAN AID; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AFGHANISTAN; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIBERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TIME; WAR; WATER SUPPLY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFGHANISTAN; ALTRUISM; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LIBERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WAR; WATER SUPPLY;

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; KABUL [AFGHANISTAN]; LIBERIA; MONROVIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70049099671     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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