| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in sustainable development |
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Routledge studies in sustainable development.
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1. Introduction : harnessing social and technical diversity for sustainable development / Joost van Buuren, Shaaban Mgana and Bas van Vliet -- 2. Network governance and waste and sanitation service provision : an introduction to the modernised mixtures approach / Bas van Vliet [and others] -- 3. Sanitation and solid waste management options for sustainable service provision in East Africa / Joost van Buuren [and others] -- 4. Recognising and strengthening the role of households in solid waste management / Asia Oberlin Solomon and Gert Spaargaren -- 5. Informality and public-private partnerships in waste and sanitation management / Kees Burger and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh -- 6. Local NGOs and CBOs in urban sanitation and solid waste management : evidence from East African metropolises / Judith T. Tukahirwa, Arthur P.J. Mol and Peter Oosterveer -- 7. Local governments and regional alliances in the delivery of municipal environmental services : lessons learnt from municipalities in the Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa / Christine Majale, Peter Oosterveer and Caleb Mireri -- 8. Converging scales of urban sanitation infrastructures and management / Sammy Letema and Bas van Vliet -- 9. Conclusions / Bas van Vliet, Joost van Buuren and Shaaban Mgana |
| Summary |
Urban sanitation and solid waste sectors are under significant pressure in East Africa due to the lack of competent institutional capacity and the growth of the region's urban population. This book presents and applies an original analytical approach to assess the existing socio-technical mixtures of waste and sanitation systems and to ensure wider access, increase flexibility and ecological sustainability. It shows how the problem is not the current diversity in waste and sanitation infrastructures and services and variety of types and scales of technology, of formal and informal sector in |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Africa, East
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Urban sanitation -- Africa, East
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Industries.
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industries (organizations)
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industry (economic concept)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Industries
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Sustainable development
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Urban sanitation
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Africa, East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vliet, Bas van, editor
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Buuren, Joost C. L. van, 1946- editor.
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Mgana, Shabaan, editor
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| ISBN |
1135051860 |
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9781135051860 |
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1135051852 |
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9781135051853 |
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9780203362709 |
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0203362705 |
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