WEDC
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Strategic Sanitation Approach: A Review of the Literature
This document reports findings from Phase 1 of a Department for International Development (DFID) funded project (R6875) concerning the development of practical guidelines for the application of the Strategic Sanitation Approach in urban areas. Results from a review of literature are discussed. The p...
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Success and Sustainability Indicators: A Tool to Assess Primary Collection Schemes. Case Study - Khulna, Bangladesh
This study provides a number of indicators for use in assessing solid waste collection schemes. The approach integrates the perspectives of the different parties involved from the users to the contractors, the municipality to the NGO. It draws from a detailed case study of Khulna city in Bangladesh....
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Sustainable Composting: Case Studies and Guidelines for Developing Countries
This booklet provides a list of success and sustainability indicators for primary solid waste collection systems.
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Sweeping Business: Developing Entrepreneurial Skills for the Collection of Solid Waste
This book presents the findings of a Department for International Development (DFID) funded project (R6540). It has been written for practitioners, municipal staff, non-government organizations and students interested in promoting micro-enterprises for the collection of solid waste. The project has...
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Tools for Sustainable Operation and Maintenance of Urban Infrastructure
This booklet is a supplement to the WHO monograph Tools for assessing the O&M status of water supply and sanitation in developing countries which comprises nine tools for measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of operations and maintenance (O&M) of water supply and sanitation services. The WHO t...
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Urban Public Transport and Sustainable Livelihoods for the Poor: A case study, Karachi, Pakistan
This book brings together the findings of a case study from Karachi, Pakistan. The aim of the project was to identify problems and possibilities in transport provision for poor urban settlements. The book takes the reader through the history of transport and the present situation in the city. A thor...
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Vehicles for People or People for Vehicles?: Issues in Solid Waste Collection in Low-income Countries
The livelihoods of many thousands of poor people in low-income countries rely on collecting and recycling solid waste. Small waste collection vehicles (SWCVs) such as wheelbarrows and cycle carts play a vital role, enabling individuals to transport more waste, faster, further and with greater ease a...
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Waste Pickers in Dhaka
Waste pickers in Dhaka make their living by selling recyclable items collected from dumped waste. Most are children living on the streets or in slums where they have little access to infrastructure, a low status in society and an uncertain future. This book is based on a period of fieldwork in Dhaka...
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Water and Sanitation for Disabled People and Other Vulnerable Groups
The main focus of the book is on facilities for families in rural and peri-urban areas of low- and middle-income countries, but many of the approaches and solutions may also be applied in institutional settings, such as schools and hospitals and in emergency situations.
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Water Demand Management in the City of the Future: Selected tools and instruments for practitioners
This book presents examples of tools and instruments that can be adapted by urban water professionals to mainstream WDM in the cities' strategic planning process.