A systematic review of success factors in the community management of rural water supplies over the past 30 years

Water Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 963-983

  Hutchings, Paul ^a   Chan, Mei Yee ^a   Cuadrado, Lucie ^a   Ezbakhe, Fatine ^a   Mesa, Baptiste ^a   Tamekawa, Chiaki ^a   Franceys, Richard ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community management; Participation; Rural water supply; Service delivery; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944049684     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2015.128     Document Type: Review

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