Decentralized options for faecal sludge management in urban slum areas of Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of technologies, practices and end-uses

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-119

  Semiyaga, Swaib ^a   Okure, MacKay A E ^a   Niwagaba, Charles B ^a   Katukiza, Alex Y ^a   Kansiime, Frank ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Decentralized; Faecal sludge management; Local context; Sanitation; Slums; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHARCOAL; CLAY PRODUCTS; DEWATERING; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSING; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DECENTRALIZED; FAECAL SLUDGE; LOCAL CONTEXTS; SLUMS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

URBAN GROWTH;

CHARCOAL; GROUND WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPOSTING; FECES; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; BUILDING; CLAY; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FAECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; FIREWOOD; HEALTH HAZARD; REVIEW; SAND; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84947615279     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.09.001     Document Type: Review

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