Participatory Decision Making for Sanitation Improvements in Unplanned Urban Settlements in East Africa

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-119

  Hendriksen, Astrid ^a   Tukahirwa, Judith ^a   Oosterveer, Peter J M ^a   Mol, Arthur P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

East Africa; modernized mixtures; multicriteria decision analysis; participatory decision making; Proact 2.0; sanitation; unplanned settlements; user involvement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SANITATION; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84857595661     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496511426778     Document Type: Article

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