Contestations at the last mile: The corporate-community delivery of water in Manila

Geoforum

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-247

  Cheng, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community partnerships; Manila; Privatization; Urban; Water

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PRIVATIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN AREA; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER RESOURCE;

MANILA; NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 85027941410     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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