What is water equity? The unfortunate consequences of a global focus on 'drinking water'

Water International

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-171

  Goff, Matthew ^a   Crow, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

capabilities; domestic water; improved water sources; water equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896484756     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.886355     Document Type: Article

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