Indian cities, sanitation and the state: The politics of the failure to provide

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-70

  Chaplin, Susan E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ahmedabad; Delhi; India; middle class; Mumbai; sanitation; urban development; urban poor

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SERVICE;

AHMEDABAD; DELHI; GUJARAT; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 79954476479     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247810396277     Document Type: Article

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