Water vending in Nigeria - A case study of Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-239

  Olajuyigbe, A E ^a   Rotowa, O O ^a   Adewumi, I J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Formal water vendor; Informal water vendor; Water vending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892489426     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2012.03.01.229     Document Type: Article

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