Assessment of urine diverting dehydrating toilets as a flood-resilient and affordable sanitation technology in the context of Bangladesh

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-95

  Uddin, Saif Mohammad ^a   Ronteltap, Mariska ^b   van Lier, Jules B ^b,c  

^a Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affordability; Flood resilient sanitation; Low cost; Raised latrine; UDDT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883009067     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2013.113     Document Type: Article

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