Rural water usage in East Africa: Does collection effort really impact basic access?

Waterlines

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-225

  Mellor, Jonathan E ^a   Watkins, David W ^b   Mihelcic, James R ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Collection effort; Kenya; Rural water; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; FIELD SURVEY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84864995384     PISSN: 02628104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1756-3488.2012.022     Document Type: Article

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