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11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries | Urban Studies and Planning

11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries | Urban Studies and Planning

This course examines the policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. It reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. The course incorporates considerations of financing, pricing, institutional structure, consumer demand, and community participation in the planning process. And it evaluates policies and projects in case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Keywords:
Aquatic Sciences and Water Quality Control, water supply, The Developing World, consumer demand, policy memos, journals, sustainability, low-income households, Regional Planning, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, planning, water supply and sanitation planning, environment, developing countries, privatization, alternative institutional structures, community participation, Environmental Management, sanitation technologies, planning processes, Public Health, service pricing, Environmental Policy, case studies, environmental health, pollution, sanitation, public health
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Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
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Graduate School
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English
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