Application of the Water Poverty Index in border colonias of west Texas

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-97

  Korc, Marcelo E ^a   Ford, Paula B ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonias; Equity; Poverty; Sustainability; Water indicator; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875205604     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.213     Document Type: Article

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