Evaluation of risk communication for rural water supply management: A case study of a coastal area of Bangladesh

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1237-1262

  Islam, Md Atikul ^a,b   Sakakibara, Hiroyuki ^a   Karim, Md Rezaul ^c   Sekine, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

coastal areas; evaluation; risk communication; water consumption

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; E. COLI; EVALUATION; GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; HUMAN HEALTH CONCERNS; LOW LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK MESSAGE; RURAL RESIDENTS; RURAL VILLAGES; RURAL WATER SUPPLY; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SAFE WATER; SAFETY MARGIN; SURVEY DATA; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER QUALITY INFORMATION; WATER SOURCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COASTAL ZONES; COMMUNICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84857805974     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.574315     Document Type: Article

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