Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres - Water and Sanitation in the Worlds Cities 2006

Zusatztext 'I trust that this publication will help to bring a renewed awareness on the needs of small urban centres and their role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.'Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka! Under-Secretary-General! United Nations! and Executive Director! UN-HABITAT'A young girl's dream in urban slums or rural areas is to marry into a household with a latrine.'A young mother from an Indian Slum! heard at the Unheard Voices of Women event at the 12th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development! New York'Lack of access to water for meeting basic needs such as health! hygiene and food security undermines development and inflicts enormous hardship on more than a billion members of the human family.'Kofi Annan! Secretary General! United Nations Informationen zum Autor Authored by David Satterthwaite and Gordon McGranahan at IIED on behalf of UN-HABITAT! the UN programme responsible for cities and settlements! the world's leading research organization in the field. Zusammenfassung 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. This title 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Meeting Water and Sanitation Needs in Small Urban Centres * Part II Small Urban Centres and Large Villages: The Habitat of Much of the World's Low-Income Population? * Part III Deficiencies in Provision for Water and Sanitation in Small Urban Centres * Part IV Addressing Needs: How to Attain the MDG Targets in Each Locality * Part V Information for Action and Indicators for Monitoring Provision * Part VI Key Challenges to Meeting Needs in Small Urban Centres * Part VII Finance for Water and Sanitation in Small Urban Centres * Part VIII Integrated Water Resources Management and the Provision of Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Urban Centres * Part IX The Needed Pro-Poor Governance Framework in Small Urban Centres ...

Product details

• Authors: Un Habitat, Un-Habitat, Un-Habitat, United Nations Human Settlements Program
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9781844073047
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-304-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; MEDICAL / Public Health, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Developing Countries, Urban & municipal planning, Public health & preventive medicine, Water supply & treatment, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Public health and preventive medicine, Water supply and treatment, Global South / Developing countries