Costing Improved Water Supply Systems for Low-income Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Costing Improved Water Supply Systems for Low-income Communities write by Fabrizio Carlevaro. This book was released on 2015-08-15. Costing Improved Water Supply Systems for Low-income Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This manual and the free downloadable costing tool is the outcome of a project identified by the Water, Sanitation and Health Programme (WSH) of the World Health Organization (WHO) faced with the challenge of costing options for improved access, both to safe drinking water and to adequate sanitation. Although limited in scope to the process of costing safe water supply technologies, a proper use of this material lies within a larger setting considering the cultural, environmental, institutional, political and social conditions that should be used by policy decision makers in developing countries to promote sustainable development strategies. Costing Improved Water Supply Systems for Low-income Communities provides practical guidance to facilitate and standardize the implementation of social life-cycle costing to “improved” drinking-water supply technologies. These technologies have been defined by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, as those that, by the nature of its construction, adequately protect the source of water from outside contamination, in particular with faecal matter. The conceptual framework used has also been conceived to be applied to costing improved sanitation options. To facilitate the application of the costing method to actual projects, a basic tool was developed using Microsoft Excel, which is called a water supply costing processor. It enables a user-friendly implementation of all the tasks involved in a social life-cycle costing process and provides both the detailed and the consolidated cost figures that are needed by decision-makers. The scope and the limits of the costing method in a real setting was assessed through field tests designed and performed by local practitioners in selected countries. These tests were carried out in Peru and in six countries in the WHO regions of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific. They identified practical issues in using the manual and the water supply costing processor and provided practical recommendations. References and Glossary Author(s): Fabrizio Carlevaro, Geneva School of Economics and Management, Switzerland and Cristian Gonzalez, International Road Federation, Geneva, Switzerland
Valuing Water, Valuing Livelihoods
Valuing Water, Valuing Livelihoods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Valuing Water, Valuing Livelihoods write by John Cameron. This book was released on 2011. Valuing Water, Valuing Livelihoods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book gives decision makers, health professionals and analysts a comprehensive view of the arguments and challenges associated with establishing the value of drinking-water interventions. The experts who have contributed to this publication provide guidance on assessing the benefits from improving access to safe drinking water and from reducing the burden of water-related diseases. They show how to compare the value of these benefits to the costs of the interventions, with special reference to small-scale drinking water systems.
Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Sustainable Water Access in Off-Grid Areas
Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Sustainable Water Access in Off-Grid Areas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Sustainable Water Access in Off-Grid Areas write by Judith Alazraque Cherni. This book was released on . Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Sustainable Water Access in Off-Grid Areas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Social Assessments for Better Development
Social Assessments for Better Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Assessments for Better Development write by Michael M. Cernea. This book was released on 1997-01-01. Social Assessments for Better Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This annual report lists and describes the World Bank Group's portfolio of projects designed to improve or protect the environment, all of which were under implementation during fiscal year 1996 (July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996). The first part of the report discusses significant environmental issues for each sector and region and describes the environmental activities of various parts of the World Bank Group. Boxes, tables, and figures supplement the narrative. A useful bibliography of World Bank publications on environmental topics closes the section. The second part consists of reports on environmentally targeted projects; World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) projects that required a full environmental assessment because of their potential impacts; investment operations supporting projects launched by the Global Environment Facility; and projects designed to help developing countries comply with the Montreal Protocol--a multilateral treaty that controls the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substance.
Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres
Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres write by Un-Habitat. This book was released on 2012-05-04. Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban Centres available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. Taking on the themes of UN-HABITAT's Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities (2003), this new volume 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. Drawing on extensive unpublished research and 15 commissioned papers from experts involved in designing and implementing innovative projects around the world, this is the first major study of the problems facing the smaller urban centres that are recognized to be of enormous importance by governments, international agencies, NGOs and service providers. Tackling these problems is a crucial part of development and of good governance, and critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The volume will be essential reading for all professionals and researchers in the relevant fields and a valuable resource for teachers and students of urban development.
