Issues of water supply and contemporary urban society: The case of Greater Amman, Jordan

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1931, 2010, Pages 5299-5313

  Potter, Robert B ^a   Darmame, Khadija ^a   Nortcliff, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greater Amman; Jordan; Rationing; Social equity; Urban water supply; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GREATER AMMAN; JORDAN; RATIONING; SOCIAL EQUITY; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; WATER STRESS;

WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATH; COOKING; FAMILY SIZE; GARDENING; HUMAN; JORDAN; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ATTITUDE; BATHS; COOKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GARDENING; HUMANS; JORDAN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78649355546     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0182     Document Type: Article

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