Urban wastewater for sustainable urban agriculture and water management in developing countries

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 265-293

  Makoni, Fungai S ^a,b   Thekisoe, Oriel M M ^b,c   Mbati, Peter A ^d  

^a SNV Netherlands Development Organization   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Food security; Irrigation; Urban agriculture; Urbanisation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988579828     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29337-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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