Urban water supply in India: Status, reform options and possible lessons

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-460

  McKenzieb, David ^b   Raya, Isha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Urban water; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249132722     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.056     Document Type: Article

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