Author : David Satterthwaite
Publisher : IIED
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Community development, Urban
ISBN : 1843695588
Author : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9211318149
Published by Earthscan for and on behalf of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).
Author : Un-Habitat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,30 MB
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1136561196
Half of the world's people live in urban areas, and roughly a third of these live in desperate poverty without access to basic amenities. Taking on the themes of UN-HABITAT's Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities (2003), this new volume focuses on the deficiencies in the provision of water and sanitation where most of the populations of the developing world live: in towns and small cities. Drawing on extensive unpublished research and 15 commissioned papers from experts involved in designing and implementing innovative projects around the world, this is the first major study of the problems facing the smaller urban centres that are recognized to be of enormous importance by governments, international agencies, NGOs and service providers. Tackling these problems is a crucial part of development and of good governance, and critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The volume will be essential reading for all professionals and researchers in the relevant fields and a valuable resource for teachers and students of urban development.
Author : R. L. Lenton
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1844072193
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Colin McFarlane
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1839760540
Sanitation is fundamental to urban public life and health. We need Sanitation for All. In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important. Waste in the City is a call to action on one of modern urban life’s most neglected issues: sanitation infrastructure. The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the devastating consequences of unequal access to sanitation in cities across the globe. At this critical moment in global public health, Colin McFarlane makes the urgent case for Sanitation for All. The book outlines the worldwide sanitation crisis and offers a vision for a renewed, equitable investment in sanitation that democratises and socialises the modern city. Adopting Henri Lefebvre’s concept of ‘the right to the city’, it uses the notion of ‘citylife’ to reframe the discourse on sanitation from a narrowly-defined policy discussion to a question of democratic right to public life and health. In doing so, the book shows that sanitation is an urbanizing force whose importance extends beyond hygiene to the very foundation of urban social life.
Author : Theresa Enright
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 331964534X
This book examines the political and economic trajectories of cities following the 2008 financial crisis. The authors claim that in this era—which they dub "late neoliberalism"—urban spaces, institutions, subjectivities, and organizational forms are undergoing processes of radical transformation and recomposition. The volume deftly argues that the urban political horizon of late neoliberalism is ambivalent; marked by many progressive mobilizations for equality and justice, but also by regressive forces of austerity, exploitation, and domination.
Author : Victoria A. Beard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2008-06-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134120656
The first in-depth study of the impact of economic and political decentralization on planning practice in developing economies, this innovative volume, using original case study research by leading experts drawn from diverse fields of inquiry, from planning to urban studies, geography and economics, explores the dramatic transformation that decentralization implies in responsibilities of the local planning and governance structures. It examines a range of key issues, including: public and private finance local leadership and electoral issues planning in post-conflict societies. Offering unique insights into how planning has changed in specific countries, paying particular attention to South East Asian economies, India and South Africa, this excellent volume is an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students and planners interested in urban planning in its international political and economic context.
Author : Úrsula Oswald Spring
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642054323
Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction with climate, soil and biota. Competing water use in agriculture, industry and domestic needs require savings, decontamination processes and desalination to satisfy the growing demand. Water quality affects health and ecosystems. This creates conflicts and cooperation that may be enhanced by public policy, institution building and social organization.
Author : Mtafu Almiton Zeleza-Manda
Publisher : IIED
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 22,48 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Sanitation
ISBN : 1843697335
Author : David W. Tees
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9211311713
