Peri-urban Water and Sanitation Services Policy, Planning and Method
More than 2.6 billion people in the developing world lack access to safe water and sanitation services. The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target is to halve the number of people without access to improved services such as a sustainable source of water
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Mathew Kurian • Patricia McCarney Editors
Peri-urban Water and Sanitation Services Policy, Planning and Method
Editors Mathew Kurian UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Delft The Netherlands [email protected]
Patricia McCarney Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Toronto Canada [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9424-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9425-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9425-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010932597 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work Cover illustration: Copyright Line: Angela Garvey, 2010, Photo text: Pão de Açúcar from Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Issues relating to the supply of water and sanitation in peri-urban settings located in developing countries are of critical importance for public officials, scholars, and the citizens of the world given the large number of people affected and the impact of water and sanitation on the health and longevity of people living in these regions. Mathew Kurian and colleagues have written an excellent book that will be of great value not only for teaching students at various levels about the challenge of designing institutions and physical water systems, but also for policymakers facing tough decisions related to how they reduce unhealthy and fragile systems at a reasonable cost. It is easy to criticise the failure of many top-down decision processes – including funds and plans developed by international aid agencies. It is far more difficult to assess how to reform systems that are already in place and dependent on continued funding from either international aid agencies or national governments. It is tragic indeed that water supplies are generally more abundant now than half a century ago, but that marginalised groups and households living in megacities around the world still have little access to water supply and sewer networks in their everyday environments. This volume contains excellent case studies from Africa, Asia and South America (as well as the Netherlands) that draw on a unifying framework for examining developmental and environmental challenges facing the people living in periurban settings. Because of the increase in the proportion of the population of the world moving from rural settings to urban areas, competition over obtaining sufficient water to provide safe water for urban residents has been increasing. Further, urban areas are now also increasing the volume of wastewater that generates higher pollution levels in both urban
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