Tenure security and household investment decisions for urban sanitation: The case of Dakar, Senegal

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-64

  Scott, Pippa ^a   Cotton, Andrew ^a   Sohail Khan, M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dakar; Household investment; On site sanitation; Operating costs; Tenure; Urban sanitation

Indexed keywords

COST; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; LAND TENURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SANITATION; TENURE SYSTEM; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POPULATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84875613522     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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