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An Alternative to Conventional Public Water Service: "User Group Networks" in a Mumbai Slum

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  • Rémi de BERCEGOL
  • Adeline Desfeux

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This article is a research on the water services available in north eastern parts of Mumbai. It aims as highlighting the ability of communities to design and run functional systems to overcome the shortcoming in the public services. The authors also suggest some ways in which such shortcoming can be overcome.

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  • Rémi de BERCEGOL & Adeline Desfeux, 2011. "An Alternative to Conventional Public Water Service: "User Group Networks" in a Mumbai Slum," Working Papers id:3912, eSocialSciences.
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