Why do water and sanitation systems for the poor still fail? Policy analysis in economically advanced developing countries

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6102-6110

  Starkl, Markus ^a   Brunner, Norbert ^b   Stenström, Thor Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Centre of Environmental Management and Decision Support   (Austria)

^c DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; ME-XICO; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; PROJECT CASE; SANITATION SYSTEMS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; INDIA; MEXICO; POLICY; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POLICY MAKING; SANITATION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879246895     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3048416     Document Type: Article

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