Inefficient technology or misperceived demand: The failure of vacutug-based pit-emptying services in Bangladesh

Waterlines

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-220

  Opel, Aftab ^a   Khairul Bashar, M ^b  

^a WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

^b FAIRCON Management Services   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Faecal sludge management; Pit emptying; Urban sanitation; Vacutug

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; FECES; INNOVATION; SANITATION; SLUDGE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84880626747     PISSN: 02628104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1756-3488.2013.022     Document Type: Article

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