Introducing ecological sanitation: some lessons from a small town pilot project in Mozambique.
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The paper explores the development of ecological sanitation (EcoSan) within the small-town context of Lichinga, Niassa Province, Mozambique. The paper looks at how ESTAMOS (a Mozambican NGO) and WaterAid introduced EcoSan in Lichinga, how families and communities have responded to EcoSan, and key lessons learned during the process to date that could be relevant to others within and beyond Mozambique.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
دوره 45 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002