Water statistics and poverty statistics in Africa: Do they correlate at national scales?

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-294

  Kaczan, David ^a   Ward, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Indicators; Spatial scale; Water poverty; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960663247     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.583102     Document Type: Article

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