Multiple-use water services to advance the millennium development goals

This research report presents the findings of the first phase of the action-research project "Models for implementing multiple-use water supply systems for enhanced land and water productivity, rural livelihoods and gender equity." Multipleuse water services, or "mus" in short, is a participatory, i...

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Main Authors: van Koppen, Barbara, Moriarty, P., Boelee, Eline
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Water Management Institute 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39885
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Summary:This research report presents the findings of the first phase of the action-research project "Models for implementing multiple-use water supply systems for enhanced land and water productivity, rural livelihoods and gender equity." Multipleuse water services, or "mus" in short, is a participatory, integrated and poverty-reduction focused approach in poor rural and peri-urban areas, which takes people's multiple water needs as a starting point for providing integrated services, moving beyond the conventional sectoral barriers of the domestic and productive sectors.