On-site rainwater harvesting to achieve household water security among rural and peri-urban communities in Jordan

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-77

  Assayed, Almoayied ^a   Hatokay, Zaid ^a   Al Zoubi, Rania ^a   Azzam, Shadi ^a   Qbailat, Mohammad ^a   Al Ulayyan, Ahmad ^a   Saleem, Ma'Ab Abu ^a   Bushnaq, Shadi ^a   Maroni, Robert ^a  

^a Mercy Corps Organization   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Community based organization; Household water security; Rainwater harvesting; Revolving loans; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; HOUSEHOLD WATER; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; REVOLVING LOANS; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT;

POTABLE WATER; RAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

URBAN GROWTH;

RAIN;

DRINKING WATER; HARVESTING; PERIURBAN AREA; RAINWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; HOUSEHOLD; JORDAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

JORDAN;

EID: 84874620147     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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