Analyzing sanitation characteristics in the urban slums of East Africa

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-624

  Szántó, Gábor L ^a   Letema, S C ^a,c   Tukahirwa, J T ^a,d   Mgana, S ^b   Oosterveer, P J M ^a   Van Buuren, J C L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d Kampala Capital City Authority   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Burundi; Centralized; Decentralized; Kenya; Rwanda; Sanitation; Slum; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865711188     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.093     Document Type: Review

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