Providing sanitation for the urban poor in Uganda

Social Perspectives on the Sanitation Challenge

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 49-66

  Okot Okumu, James ^a   Oosterveer, Peter ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84892812490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3721-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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