Private boreholes for Nairobi's urban poor: The stop-gap or the solution?

Habitat International

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-116

  Chakava, Yolanda ^a   Franceys, Richard ^b   Parker, Alison ^b  

^a Cranfield University ^*  (Kenya)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Self supply boreholes; Urban poor; Water

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; COPING STRATEGY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; URBAN SOCIETY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84896508494     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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