Improved access to urban water services in Uganda

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Kayaga, Sam ^a   Fisher, Julie ^a   Franceys, Richard ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Management; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ADEQUATE WATERS; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; NUMBER OF SERVICES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SERVICE AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN WATER SERVICES; WATER UTILITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RURAL AREAS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

UGANDA;

EID: 77957711923     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: 17517699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.2009.162.3.165     Document Type: Article

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