Transforming water supply regimes in India: Do public-private partnerships have a role to play?

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 492-511

  Gopakumar, Govind ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cities; India; Politics; Public private partnerships; Water supply regimes

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEGACITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SANITATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 78649488819     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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