Rural: Urban inequalities in post 2015 targets and indicators for drinking-water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 509-513

  Bain, R E S ^a   Wright, J A ^b   Christenson, E ^a   Bartram, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Post 2015; Urban rural disparities; Water safety

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS;

FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; PERI-URBAN AREAS; POPULATION GROWTH; POST-2015; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSAL ACCESS; URBAN-RURAL; WATER SAFETY;

WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; PERIURBAN AREA; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN RIGHTS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HUMAN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901627350     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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