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Author : Kanton I. Osumanu
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843697777
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Urban Water and Sanitation in Ghana written by Kanton I. Osumanu and published by IIED. This book was released on 2010 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Bohman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789172649842
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (498 download)
Download or read book Framing the Water and Sanitation Challenge written by Anna Bohman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Gyan
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346260178
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Urban Water Supply: A Case Study of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana written by Edward Gyan and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Demographics, Urban Management, Planning, grade: 1.7, University of Stuttgart, course: Master Program Infrastructure Planning (MIP) - Urbanization and urban water supply, language: English, abstract: The vital role played by urbanization in a country’s development cannot be overemphasized. Urbanization ensures cost-effectiveness in the provision of public infrastructure such as water, electricity, roads, healthcare and schools among others in urban areas as a result of the spatial clustering of population and economic activities. Nonetheless, rapid urbanization without corresponding infrastructure provision results in congestion and pressure on existing facilities and presents a plethora of challenges to city managers and utility providers. This study therefore seeks to examine the major impacts of rapid urbanization on urban water supply. To do this, a case study approach was adopted in order to put the study into context and perspective. More specifically, the study takes the city of Accra, Ghana’s rapidly growing economic and political centre, as an empirical case. The study was based on empirical research conducted in selected suburbs within the city of Accra, including a series of structured and semi-structured in-depth interviews with households, representatives of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the officials of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). Additionally, the assessment of literature, websites and official city and state policy documents played a crucial role. The broad assessment of the abundant literature consulted and the field survey point to the fact that, indeed, the rapid rate of urbanization in Accra has serious impacts on urban water supply including the environment, physical water infrastructure and overall service delivery. Frequent bursts of pipe lines due to unplanned developments, high incidence of water theft, frequent service interruption due to high water demand and undermined water quality as a result of poor sanitation management are some of the major impacts. Based on the key findings the study proposes relevant policy measures that could help alleviate the negative impacts. These include the need to promote decentralized development in the country; effective planning, regulation and control of development; rehabilitation and expansion of existing water infrastructure in the city; and monitoring and clamping down on water theft in the city among others. The overarching goal of this study is to provide valuable insights into the formulation and implementation of holistic urban policy on water infrastructure towards sustainability and realisation of urban efficiency.
Author : Thomas M. Akabzaa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gender and Water Governance in Ghana written by Thomas M. Akabzaa and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Un-Habitat
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113654691X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities written by Un-Habitat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is surely the most impressive and important publication to come out of the UN system for many years.' Peter Adamson, founder, New Internationalist, and author and researcher of UNICEF's The State of the World's Children from 1980 to 1995 The world's governments agreed at the Millennium Summit to halve, by 2015, the number of people who lack access to safe water. With rapidly growing urban populations the challenge is immense. Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities is a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the problems and how they can be addressed. This influential publication by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) sets out in detail the scale of inadequate provision of water and sanitation. It describes the impacts on health and economic performance, showing the potential gains of remedial action; it analyses the proximate and underlying causes of poor provision and identifies information gaps affecting resource allocation; it outlines the consequences of further deterioration; and it explains how resources and institutional capacities - public, private and community - can be used to deliver proper services through integrated water resource management.
Author : Marco Schouten
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 192010996X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Innovative Practices in the African Water Supply and Sanitation Sector written by Marco Schouten and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Innovative practices in the African Water Supply and Sanitation Sector is a must read for practitioners who are interested getting started on the path towards more sustainable water management. It is a rich collection of practical African case studies covering innovative ways to approach such diverse topics as financing, capacity building, community ownership and management through to water loss reduction and health risk prioritisation provide a variety of entry points for governments and NGOs to take action.? ? Carol Howe SWITCH Project Director
Author : A. Nickson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403990123
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Tapping the Market written by A. Nickson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-08-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the challenge of reform of the urban water supply sector in developing countries, based on case studies of state-owned water companies in Ghana, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The growing public private partnership for urban water supply is analyzed, focussing on the concession contract model. The implications for meeting the water needs of the urban poor, for the regulatory role of the state and for state capacity building are also discussed.
Author : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1844070034
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities written by United Nations Human Settlements Programme and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is surely the most impressive and important publication to come out of the UN system for many years.'Peter Adamson, founder, New Internationalist, and author and researcher of UNICEF's The State of the World's Children from 1980 to 1995. The world's governments agreed at the Millennium Summit to halve, by 2015, the number of people who lack access to safe water. With rapidly growing urban populations the challenge is immense. Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities is a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the problems and how they can be addressed. This influential publication b.
Author : Cedo Maksimovic
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1900222760
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Frontiers in Urban Water Management written by Cedo Maksimovic and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2001-05-31 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontiers in Urban Water Management presents the state-of-the art in urban water management at the beginning of the 21st century. The book marks the end of the fifth phase of UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme in this field by bringing together major scientific and professional players to address critical and topical issues in water management. This team of leading world experts investigate themes such as the challenges of urban water management, infrastructure integration issues, and emerging paradigms in water supply and sanitation. Key issues are investigated from the hydrological, technical and managerial points of view, incorporating both social and economic realities. Specific reference is also made to solutions for developing countries. With a view to the future, conclusions from past experiences are highlighted, new pathways are explored and future developments are suggested. Contents The challenge of urban water management Urban water as a part of integrated catchment management Interactions with the environment Infrastructure integration issues Emerging paradigms in water supply and sanitation Problems of developing countries Economic and financial aspects Social, institutional and regulatory issues Outlook for the 21st Century
Author : Richard Franceys
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136558888
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor written by Richard Franceys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to present the potential benefits as well as the challenges of introducing a more formal economic regulatory process into the urban water sector arena in lower-income countries. There is a particular focus upon the impact this may have on the poorest, the informal, slum and shanty dwellers of the rapidly growing cities. Economic regulation, usually introduced in the context of private operation of monopoly water supply, can deliver objectivity and transparency in the price-setting process for public as well as private providers. The book describes and analyses these issues through a consideration of ten country case studies. As a starting point, the current situation for the provision of water and sanitation services for the poorest through non-regulated public providers in India and Uganda is reviewed. Comparative chapters are then presented on Ghana, Philippines, Bolivia, Jordan, Zambia and Indonesia, all with varying degrees of private sector involvement and regulation. Finally the experiences of two richer countries are considered - Chile and England, countries with the longest experience of economic regulation and the 'most privatized' suppliers. In all cases there is a focus on the very necessary role of customer involvement in price-setting and service monitoring and on the role of alternative (private) service providers.
Author : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 : 9211318149
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres written by United Nations Human Settlements Programme and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by Earthscan for and on behalf of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).
Author : Nemanja Trifunovic
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415395182
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Urban Water Distribution written by Nemanja Trifunovic and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing primarily on understanding the steady-state hydraulics that form the basis of hydraulic design and computer modelling applied in water distribution, Introduction to Urban Water Distribution elaborates the general principles and practices of water distribution in a straightforward way. The workshop problems and design exercise develop a temporal and spatial perception of the main hydraulic parameters in the system for given layout and demand scenarios. Furthermore, the book contains a detailed discussion of water demand, which is a fundamental element of any network analysis, and principles of network construction, operation, and maintenance. The attached CD contains all spreadsheet applications mentioned in the text, and the network model used in the design exercise. Written in a manner that is easily understood by those who know little about the subject, this introductory text will also benefit experts dealing with advanced problems who wish to refresh their knowledge.
Author : Joan Nyika
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031262719
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Water Challenges in Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa and their Management written by Joan Nyika and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa grapples with many public health issues such as food insecurity, increased prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access to clean water supply, poor nutrition and lack of improved health services for its populace (IMF, 2021). Of all these challenges, the inaccessibility of clean water supply for both the rural and urban populace is the most pressing challenge, which has been exacerbated by extensive pollution and climate change crises. The issue of water access and supply affects both rural and urban populations. At rural areas water is accessed in yard taps and in arid regions through water kiosks managed by private owners. Among the urban poor, water access is compromised by poor supply infrastructure especially among informal settlers and risks such as contamination during the supply chain are imminent This book therefore seeks to close this knowledge gap by 1) generating a water resources inventory for Sub-Saharan Africa region, 2) exploring the water crises in both its urban and rural settings, 3) understanding the causatives of the crises and 4) suggesting viable solutions to manage the water challenges using named case studies. The aim is to improve understanding on the region’s water problems and advise scholars and policymakers on priority research areas and action plans to better water management for sustainable development.
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Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843694948
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Privatization and the Provision of Urban Water and Sanitation in Africa, Asia and Latin America written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 2003 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Aston Pickford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Water, Sanitation, Environment and Development written by John Aston Pickford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with a wide range of current development issues relating to subjects including community management, groundwater, health and disease, institutional development, irrigation, sanitation, solid waste management, water quality, water sources, water supply and water treatment. It presents over forty papers presented at the 19th WEDC Conference held in Accra, Ghana, in 1993. Material is drawn from countries in all parts of the world.
Author : Ambe J. Njoh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317003632
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Urban Planning and Public Health in Africa written by Ambe J. Njoh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established indicators of development suggest that, as a group, African countries lag behind their counterparts in other regions with respect to public health. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that the public health problems of these countries are rooted in preventable causes associated with hygiene and sanitation. It is customary to attribute the problems that ail Africa to the lack of financial resources. This book deviates from convention by suggesting non-financial factors as the source of sanitation problems on the continent, and argues the need to re-connect urban planning to public health. These two professions are consanguine relatives and emerged to combat the negative externalities of the industrial revolution and concomitant urbanization. However, with the passage of time, the professions drifted apart. Today, more than ever, there is a need for the two to be re-connected. This need is rooted in the increasing complexity of urban problems whose resolution requires interdisciplinary initiatives. To this end, there is hardly any question that urban public health initiatives are unlikely to succeed without the collaboration of both public health and urban planning experts. The book recognizes this truism, and stands as the first major academic work to demonstrate the inextricably intertwined nature of urban planning and urban public health in Africa.
Author : Mansuru Ali
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668803943
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (688 download)
Download or read book Urban growth and health in the Wa municipality written by Mansuru Ali and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: A, University for Development studies, course: INTEGRATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, language: English, abstract: The study sought to establish the underlining factors affecting urban growth and health in the Wa municipality. The study employed a case study research design in gathering data through structured questionnaire and interview guide from 156 respondents. Cluster sampling, accidental and purposive sampling techniques were used in selecting respondents for the study. The field data was analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Tertiary education, economic activities, health care, regional capital, early marriage, polygamy, lack of routine collection of solid waste, lack of toilet facilities and poor drainage system were the results of the study. The study concluded that this findings leads to urban growth and health risk. The study recommends that management should try and convey the skips (containers) on time. The Wa municipal Assembly should construct enough drainage systems.
