Global monitoring of water supply and sanitation: History, methods and future challenges

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8137-8165

  Bartram, Jamie ^a   Brocklehurst, Clarissa ^a   Fisher, Michael B ^a   Luyendijk, Rolf ^b   Hossain, Rifat ^c   Wardlaw, Tessa ^b   Gordon, Bruce ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

International; JMP; MDG; Method; Millennium; Monitoring; Sanitation; UNICEF; Water; WHO

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MONITORING; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SANITATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SANITATION; UNITED NATIONS; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84917691911     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110808137     Document Type: Review

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