Urban homelessness and the right to water and sanitation: Experiences from india's cities

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 755-772

  Walters, Vicky ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Homeless; Human rights; India; Urban; Water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903592616     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.164     Document Type: Article

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