Bad for the environment, good for the farmer? Urban sanitation and nutrient flows

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 113-125

  Erni, Marco ^a   Drechsel, Pay ^b   Bader, Hans Peter ^a   Scheidegger, Ruth ^a   Zurbruegg, Christian ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Kumasi; Material flow analysis; Modeling; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Scenario analysis; Urban water balance; Wastewater irrigation; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

KUMASI; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MODELING; SCENARIO-ANALYSIS; URBAN WATER BALANCE; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; OIL SPILLS; PHOSPHORUS; SANITATION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

NUTRIENTS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD SAFETY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SANITATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI;

EID: 77956908098     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: 15730654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10795-009-9083-9     Document Type: Article

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