Assessing users' experience of shared sanitation facilities: A case study of community ablution blocks in Durban, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-594

  Roma, Elisa ^a   Buckley, Chris ^b   Jefferson, Bruce ^a   Jeffrey, Paul ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ablution blocks; Durban; Ethekwini municipality; Sanitation; User acceptance

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

ABLUTION BLOCKS; DURBAN; ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY; FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SUPPLY-DRIVEN APPROACHES; USER ACCEPTANCE;

SANITATION;

FIELDWORK; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INVESTMENT; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SANITATION; WASTE FACILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WATER USE;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78349251245     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i5.61992     Document Type: Article

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