Success and failure assessment methodology for wastewater and faecal sludge treatment projects in low-income countries

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1690-1710

  Bassan, Magalie ^a   Koné, Doulaye ^b   Mbéguéré, Mbaye ^c   Holliger, Christof ^d   Strande, Linda ^a  

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

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Office National de l Assainissement du Sénégal   (Senegal)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment methodology; Faecal sludge; Low and middle income countries; Priority definition; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84943556305     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.943343     Document Type: Article

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