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Water and Sanitation Services
Public Policy and Management
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'I am most impressed by the range and profile of the topics and contributors. There is a growing awareness that solving water and sanitation problems involves more than pipes and valves - human behaviour and institutions are important components of the package'. Sandy Cairncross London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK 'This book will be very timely...The emphasis of the book is absolutely correct linking the technologies to the sociocultural political economic and planning aspects of water and sanitation services'. Duncan Mara University of Leeds UK Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search for improved organization and delivery of these essential services. It presents a historical analysis of the development of water and sanitation services in both developed and developing countries which provides valuable lessons for overcoming the obstacles facing the universalization of these services. Among the key lessons emerging from the historical analysis are the organizational and institutional diversity characterizing the development of water and sanitation internationally and the central role played by the public sector particularly local authorities in such development. It also explores the historical role played by cooperatives and other non-profit institutions in reaching rural and peri-urban areas as well as the emergence of new forms of organization and provision particularly in poor countries where aid and development agencies have been promoting the self-organization of water systems by local communities. The book provides a critical exploration of these different institutional options including the interaction between the public and private sectors and the irreplaceable role of public funding as a condition for success. The book is divided into two parts: the first reviews theoretical and conceptual issues such as the political economy of water services financing the interfaces between water and sanitation services and public health and the systemic conditions that influence the provision of these services including the diversity of organizational and institutional options characterizing the governance and management of water and sanitation services. The second section presents a number of country or regional case studies each one chosen to highlight a particular problem approach or strategy. These case studies are drawn from Africa the Americas Asia and Europe covering a wide range of socio-economic and political contexts. The book will be of great interest to advanced students researchers professionals and NGOs in many disciplines including public policy and planning environmental sciences environmental sociology history of technology civil and environmental engineering public health and development studies.
Subject categories
- Academic > Earth Sciences > Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering > Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes > Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion
- Academic > Engineering > Environmental technology > Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
- Academic > Engineering > Sanitary engineering
- Science > Environmental Science
- Social Science > Sociology
- Technology > Environmental Engineering & Technology
- Business > Industries
ISBNs
9781849773751
9781844076567
1849773750
