The sanitation ladder - a need for a revamp?

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Kvarnstrom E ^a   McConville, J ^a   Bracken, P ^b   Johansson, M ^c   Fogde, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AHT GROUP AG   (Germany)

^c Ecoloop AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Function based; Sanitation technologies; Sustainability; The sanitation ladder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857337529     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2011.014     Document Type: Article

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