Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India
Title | Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Drinking water |
ISBN |
Progress on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene
Title | Progress on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-10-16 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9789241512893 |
"This report presents the first ever estimates of the population using 'safely managed' drinking water and sanitation services - meaning drinking water free from contamination that is available at home when needed, and toilets whereby excreta are treated and disposed of safely. It also documents progress towards ending open defecation and achieving universal access to basic services. The report identifies a number of critical data gaps that will need to be addressed in order to enable systematic monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets and to realize the commitment to 'leave no one behind'."--Publisher's description.
Cities of Dragons and Elephants
Title | Cities of Dragons and Elephants PDF eBook |
Author | Guanghua Wan |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 800 |
Release | 2019-10-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0198829221 |
Urbanization is one of the most important phenomena in economic development. In the past three decades, Asian urban populations expanded by almost one billion, a figure expected to double in the next three decades. Clearly, both the scale and pace of urbanization in Asia is unprecedented in human history and will dominate the global urbanization landscape. Asia's urbanization, in turn, is dominated by what is happening in China and India, the two most populous, fastest growing economies in the world. Cities of Dragons and Elephants: Urbanization and Urban Development in China and India aims at addressing the two most fundamental issues of urbanization: why and where to urbanize. Contributed by a team of top experts from both countries, it uses original research to explore both the speed and scale of urbanization and urban systems or spatial distribution of urbanities in different-sized citites. It examines various drivers of urbanization alongside the benefits and costs and the role of markets, governments, and NGOs. Cities of Dragons and Elephants presents evidence-based policy suggestions regarding the labor market, the land and housing market, FDI and the capital market, education, environment, poverty, and inequality. It uses the similarities betwen India and China to draw conclusions and implications of enormous relevance to many governments and institutions in Asia and beyond.
Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation
Title | Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation PDF eBook |
Author | WHO/UNICEF Joint Water Supply and Sanitation Monitoring Programme |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 77 |
Release | 2014-07-18 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9241507241 |
"Even though progress towards the MDG target represents important gains in access for billions of people around the world, it has been uneven. Sharp geographic, sociocultural and economic inequalities in access persist and sometimes have increased. This report presents examples of unequal progress among marginalized and vulnerable groups. Section 1 presents the status of and trends in access to improved drinking water sources and sanitation. Section 2 provides a snapshot of inequalities in access to improved drinking water sources and sanitation. Section 3 presents efforts to strengthen monitoring of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services under a post-2015 development agenda, as well as the challenges associated with these efforts."--Publisher's website.
Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-water
Title | Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-water PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 41 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9241505397 |
A bevy of statistical data, from across the world, on availability of sanitation, drinking-water and sewage. Uses the JMP method to compare those statistics.
Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Title | Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9789241545037 |
This volume describes the methods used in the surveillance of drinking water quality in the light of the special problems of small-community supplies, particularly in developing countries, and outlines the strategies necessary to ensure that surveillance is effective.
Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health
Title | Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 2009-10-25 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309138728 |
As the human population grows-tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water-Earth's finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also increasingly contaminated by domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastes. Today, approximately one-third of the world's population lives in areas with scarce water resources. Nearly one billion people currently lack access to an adequate water supply, and more than twice as many lack access to basic sanitation services. It is projected that by 2025 water scarcity will affect nearly two-thirds of all people on the planet. Recognizing that water availability, water quality, and sanitation are fundamental issues underlying infectious disease emergence and spread, the Institute of Medicine held a two-day public workshop, summarized in this volume. Through invited presentations and discussions, participants explored global and local connections between water, sanitation, and health; the spectrum of water-related disease transmission processes as they inform intervention design; lessons learned from water-related disease outbreaks; vulnerabilities in water and sanitation infrastructure in both industrialized and developing countries; and opportunities to improve water and sanitation infrastructure so as to reduce the risk of water-related infectious disease.