Rainwater harvesting practices and attitudes in the mekong delta of Vietnam

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-177

  Özdemir, Semra ^a   Elliott, Mark ^b   Brown, Joe ^c   Nam, Pham K ^d   Hien, Vo Thi ^e   Sobsey, Mark D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^e East Meets West Foundation   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Improved drinking water; Perception; Rainwater; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881468518     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2011.024     Document Type: Article

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