Exploring the determinants of sanitation success in Sub-Saharan Africa

Water Research

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 435-443

  Munamati, Muchaneta ^a   Nhapi, Innocent ^b   Misi, Shepherd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Chinhoyi University of Technology   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Millennium development goals; Sanitation success; Sanitation success indicator; Sub Saharan Africa; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; POPULATION DENSITIES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUCCESS INDICATORS;

SANITATION;

WATER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DETERMINANTS OF SANITATION SUCCESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; SANITATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84980315400     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.07.030     Document Type: Article

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