Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 487-495

  Sherpa, Anjali Manandhar ^a   Koottatep, Thammarat ^b   Zurbrügg, Christian ^c   Cissé, Guéladio ^d  

^a Five Hundred B solutions Pvt Ltd   (Nepal)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Sanitation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SANITATION;

ADAPTABLE SYSTEM; ADAPTATION; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; SANITATION SYSTEMS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939200845     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: 24089354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2014.003     Document Type: Article

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