Accessing water services in Dar es Salaam: Are we counting what counts?

Habitat International

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 358-366

  Nganyanyuka, Kapongola ^a   Martinez, Javier ^a   Wesselink, Anna ^a   Lungo, Juma H ^b   Georgiadou, Yola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Access to water; Dar es salaam; Informal water providers; Millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84907355409     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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