Assessing sustainability of community management of rural water systems in the developing world

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-30

  Schweitzer, Ryan W ^a   Mihelcic, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community management; Millennium development goals; Rural water supply; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869015720     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2012.056     Document Type: Article

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