Strategies for building resilience to hazards in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems: The role of public private partnerships

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 10, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 102-115

  Johannessen, Åse ^a   Rosemarin, Arno ^a   Thomalla, Frank ^a   Gerger Swartling, Åsa ^a,c   Axel Stenström, Thor ^b   Vulturius, Gregor ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Hygiene; Public private partnerships; Resilience; River basin; Sanitation; Social learning; Urban; WASH; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907549480     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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