Coping with stormwater in a Johannesburg, South Africa informal settlement

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-98

  Adegun, Olumuyiwa Bayode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Hydrology water resource; Town and city planning

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WATER RESOURCES;

COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH; COMMUNITY GROUP; COMMUNITY-BASED; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE AGENCIES; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

STORMS;

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; SELF HELP; STORMWATER; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84930911351     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: 17517699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.13.00030     Document Type: Article

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