Empty buckets and overflowing pits : urban water and sanitation reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- acknowledging decline, preparing for the unprecedented wave of demand

Empty buckets and overflowing pits : urban water and sanitation reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- acknowledging decline, preparing for the unprecedented wave of demand / Roland Wechota.

This book provides a multi-level and multi-dimensional insight into urban water and sanitation development by analyzing sector reforms in Africa. With the recent events in mind - water shortages in Cape Town, widespread cholera in Haiti, mass-migration from low-income countries, etc. - it elaborates...

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Main Author: Werchota, Roland
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Series:Springer water.
Subjects:
Municipal water supply > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Municipal water supply
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • References
  • Acknowledgement
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: Urban Water and Sanitation (W+S)
  • Separating Fiction from Reality
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Urban W+S in the Developing World
  • 1.1 Importance of W+S
  • 1.2 Benefits Which Justify Highest Priority for Water and Sanitation Development
  • 1.3 A Deploring/Declining Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 1.4 Missing Targets and Goals for W+S Since Decades
  • 1.5 Insufficient Understanding About the Challenges
  • 1.6 Pressure to Act and Overcome Limits
  • 1.7 The Suffering from Insufficient W+S Is Yet Too Silent
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Considerations for General W+S Issues
  • 2.1 Lessons from the Past with Global Relevance
  • 2.2 Academic Text-Book Knowledge
  • 2.3 The Low Income Country Context
  • 2.4 Replacing Unprofessionalism and Informality
  • 2.5 The People Versus Provider Perspective
  • 2.6 The Two Monitoring Systems for Counting Access
  • 2.7 Water Poverty and the Gender Debate
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Beyond the Usual Debate
  • 3.1 Decentralisation and the Health Sector: Partly Cause of the W+S Crises
  • 3.2 Translating Safe W+S into Safe Services
  • 3.3 Breaking Down Water Apartheid and Securing a Sustainable Development Path
  • 3.4 First Mile and Last Mile Infrastructure Development
  • 3.5 The Fabrication of Success by Global Monitoring
  • 3.6 Summary of the Pertinent Issues
  • References
  • Part II: Design and Validation of the Sector Development Model
  • Chapter 4: An Effective Orientation and Approach for Development
  • 4.1 Navigating the Sector with Appropriate Sector Principles
  • 4.2 Leave no Crucial Factor Aside
  • 4.3 Zooming in: A Development Conducive Framework, Regulation, Utility Performance, Information, Asset Development, International Cooperation
  • References
  • Chapter 5: What Sector Reforms in Four Countries Teach Us?
  • 5.1 Brief Recap of Methodology
  • 5.2 A Standardised Reform Process?
  • 5.3 Overview by Country
  • 5.4 Development of Access to Drinking Water
  • 5.5 Improvements in Utility Performance
  • 5.6 Investments and Mobilisation of Funds
  • 5.7 Development of Access to Sanitation
  • 5.8 Development of the Crucial Factors in the Target Countries
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Reasons for the Different Reform Outcomes in the Four Countries
  • References
  • Part III: At Least Full Buckets and Clear Pits on the Way Forward
  • Chapter 7: Ending the 'Urban W+S Divide' by Serving the Poor
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Conclusions: The Quintessence of W+S Sector Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Chapter 9: Recommendations: Guidance to Master the Coming Wave of Challenges
  • Reference

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