The scale of informality: Community-run water systems in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia

Water Alternatives

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-88

  Marston, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Informality; Scale; Urban; Water governance

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INFORMAL SECTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERIURBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA];

EID: 84896879275     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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