Informal Urban Sanitation: Everyday Life, Poverty, and Comparison

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 989-1011

  McFarlane, Colin ^a   Desai, Renu ^b   Graham, Steve ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Urban Equity Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University   (India)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparison; everyday life; informal settlements; Mumbai; sanitation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SANITATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN SOCIETY;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84905815451     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.923718     Document Type: Article

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