Pete Kolsky

• Urban environmental health — Fitting the pieces together

  01.10.1997
  The cities of the South are growing rapidly — so are the health problems of their poorer inhabitants. What can be done to reduce urban environmental health hazards — and who should do it?

• Engineers and urban malaria: Part of the solution, or part of the problem?

  01.10.1997
  In India's cities, mosquitoes thrive in water storage tanks, blocked drains, and on construction sites. Can engineers prove the maxim that — in the case of malaria — prevention is better than cure?

• Designing water-pricing policy, tariffs and subsidies to help the poor

  01.10.2002
  The structure and level of water tariffs have a great impact on the poor – as well as on the sustainability and coverage of water utilities. This article explains how, and suggests that subsidies need to be handled with care.

• Partnership and innovation for on-site sanitation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

  01.10.2002
  How can a utility build and rehabilitate low-cost sanitation in one of the poorest countries of the world? By raising funds through an extra tariff on the water bill, by enthusiastic promotion and by keeping construction subsidies low.