Building the role of local government authorities towards the achievement of the human right to water in rural Tanzania

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-105

  Jiménez, Alejandro ^a   Pérez Foguet, Agustí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Local government; Right to water; Rural areas; Tanzania; Water point mapping; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

TANZANIA;

EID: 77953656378     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2010.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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