Determinants of households' cleaning intention for shared toilets: Case of 50 slums in Kampala, Uganda

Habitat International

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-113

  Tumwebaze, Innocent K ^a,d   Niwagaba, Charles B ^b   Günther, Isabel ^c   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cleaning intention; Households; Shared toilets; Slums; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HYGIENE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MAINTENANCE; SANITATION; URBAN SOCIETY;

KAMPALA; UGANDA;

EID: 84882691733     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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