Urban Sanitation covers all stages of the planning process and shows how unified urban sanitation planning is a vital weapon in the war against disease. This book is for all decision makers and their advisers with a direct or indirect interest in urban sanitation. It can be used at international, national, state or provincial, municipal and local levels. It is also suitable as a text for infrastructure planning courses. The first five chapters outline the nature of urban sanitation problems, identify effective strategic responses to them and set out practical ways in which these strategic principles can be applied. Four chapters cover critical aspects of the strategic planning process: sanitation and hygiene promotion; information collection and analysis; technology choice; and participatory workshops. The final chapter provides guidance on putting the plan into action. The book goes beyond simplistic formulae to suggest ways in which formal plans, market forces and actions at the local level can be brought together to provide a viable response to sanitation problems. The approach is simple but has potential to bring about significant impacts if regularly applied by all stakeholders, from local groups through to international agencies. It draws on a wealth of field experience and in doing so provides tried and tested findings and recommendations in 32 case studies. Supplementary sections set out the links between sanitation and health, review sanitation technologies, provide information on participatory methods and detail sources of further information.

Kevin Tayler
The late Kevin Tayler was a municipal engineer with over 20 years' experience of urban infrastructure planning in developing countries and was an Honorary Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University.

Jonathan Parkinson
Jonathan Parkinson is a civil and environmental engineer specializing in the planning and design of urban infrastructure and services for sanitation and wastewater management for low-income settlements in developing countries.

Jeremy Colin
Jeremy Colin is an independent consultant in water and environmental health for low-income communities. He has field experience in South Asia, Africa and the UK.

Storm-water management in low-income countries

Reed, Brian

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, Vol. 166 (2013), Iss. 2 P.111

https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.12.00029 [Citations: 5]

Using tenure to build a “sanitation cityscape”: narrowing decisions for targeted sanitation interventions

Scott, Pippa

Cotton, Andrew

Sohail, M

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 27 (2015), Iss. 2 P.389

https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247815569415 [Citations: 13]

The Waterless Portable Private Toilet: An Innovative Sanitation Solution in Disaster Zones

Kim, Yongkyun

Hashemi, Shervin

Han, Mooyoung

Kim, Tschungil

Sohn, Hong-Gyoo

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Vol. 10 (2016), Iss. 2 P.281

https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2015.166 [Citations: 6]

Achieving sustainable sanitation chains through better informed and more systematic improvements: lessons from multi-city research in Sub-Saharan Africa

Medland, L. S.

Scott, R. E.

Cotton, A. P.

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Vol. 2 (2016), Iss. 3 P.492

https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EW00255A [Citations: 3]

Pits, pipes, ponds – And me

Mara, Duncan

Water Research, Vol. 47 (2013), Iss. 7 P.2105

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.051 [Citations: 15]

Strategies for improved water supply in India and Pakistan

Tayler, K.

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, Vol. 161 (2008), Iss. 4 P.239

https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2008.161.4.239 [Citations: 4]

Emerging categories of urban shared sanitation

Mazeau, Adrien

Reed, Brian

Sansom, Kevin

Scott, Rebecca

Water and Environment Journal, Vol. 28 (2014), Iss. 4 P.592

https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12075 [Citations: 9]

Citywide Inclusive Sanitation: A Public Service Approach for Reaching the Urban Sanitation SDGs

Schrecongost, Alyse

Pedi, Danielle

Rosenboom, Jan Willem

Shrestha, Roshan

Ban, Radu

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 8 (2020), Iss.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00019 [Citations: 24]