Sustainable sanitation systems for low income urban areas - A case of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 50-52, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-238

  Chinyama, A ^a   Chipato, P T ^a   Mangore, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Low income community; Sanitation; Simplified sewerage; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION SYSTEMS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH DENSITY; HOUSING CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN HEALTH; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; SANITATION SYSTEMS; SEWERAGE SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED SEWERAGE; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN COMMUNITY; ZIMBABWE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEWERS; SURVEYS;

SANITATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SANITATION; SEWER NETWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

BULAWAYO [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84868505140     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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