| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 274 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Provision for Water and Sanitation in Cities -- The Impacts of Deficient Provision -- Explaining Deficiencies in Urban Water and Sanitation Provision -- Increasing Water Stress and How it Relates to Urban Water and Sanitation Provision --Changing Perspectives and Roles in Urban Water and Sanitation Provision: Privatization and Beyond -- Improving Urban Water and Sanitation Provision as part of Integrated Water Resource Management -- Governance for Good Water and Sanitation Provision: Getting the Best Out of Public, Private and Community Organizations |
| Summary |
This is surely the most impressive and important publication to come out of the UN system for many years.'Peter Adamson, founder, New Internationalist, and author and researcher of UNICEF's The State of the World's Children from 1980 to 1995. The world's governments agreed at the Millennium Summit to halve, by 2015, the number of people who lack access to safe water. With rapidly growing urban populations the challenge is immense. Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities is a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the problems and how they can be addressed. This influential publication b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Municipal water supply -- Developing countries
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Sanitation -- Developing countries
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
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Municipal water supply
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Sanitation
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
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| ISBN |
9781849774284 |
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1849774285 |
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1417522429 |
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9781417522422 |
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9781136546921 |
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1136546928 |
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9781136546877 |
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1136546871 |
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9781136546914 |
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113654691X |
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9781844070039 |
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1844070034 |
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9781844070046 |
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1844070042 |
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