Domestic water use in a rural village in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with an emphasis on spatial patterns, sharing of water, and factors in water use Utilização doméstica de água em comunidade rural de Minas Gerais, Brasil e sua relação com fatores sócio econômicos, ambientais, e espaciais

• Main Authors: Andréa Gazzinelli (Author), Márcia Christina C. Souza (Author), Iara Nascimento (Author), Ilcéia Ribeiro Sá (Author), Matilde Meire Miranda Cadete (Author), Helmut Kloos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 1998-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper examines the relationship between domestic water use and socioeconomic, environmental, and spatial parameters at the household level in a small rural village in northern Minas Gerais State. Five methods are used ­ direct observation, household interviews, self-reporting by households, reg...