Potable water scarcity: Options and issues in the coastal areas of Bangladesh

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 532-542

  Md Islam, Atikul ^a   Sakakibara, Hiroyuki ^b   Sekine, Masahiko ^b   Md Karim, Rezaul ^c  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Coastal areas; Rural households; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER;

COASTAL ZONE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; POND; RAINWATER; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FILTER; FLUID INTAKE; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAND; SEASHORE; SEASON; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84884374275     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.215     Document Type: Article

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