Access to drinking water and stakeholder action: Drinking water governance in Cameroon from a political-ecological perspective. Case study: Upper Mefou Watershed, Cameroon

Type Thesis or Dissertation - Master of Science
Title Access to drinking water and stakeholder action: Drinking water governance in Cameroon from a political-ecological perspective. Case study: Upper Mefou Watershed, Cameroon
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
URL http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/v/iwm-network/vorgestellt/Master-thesis-Ott1.pdf
Abstract
Cameroon faces various challenges. One of them is the problem of access to
safe and sufficient drinking water under acceptable, assessable, socially and
economical affordable and equitable circumstances. Under the defined understanding
of Drinking Water Governance the thesis analyzes the international,
national and local institutional structures, conditions as well as stakeholders
regarding the drinking water management in Cameroon. The objective is a holistic
presentation of the strengths (S), weaknesses (W), opportunities (O) and
threats (T) in the Drinking Water Governance in Cameroon. The field research
has been conducted from March till June 2013 and is covered in the situation
analysis of the thesis.

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