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Water Services in Small Towns - Experiences from the Global South (Paperback)
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Water Services in Small Towns - Experiences from the Global South (Paperback)
Series: In Focus - Special Book Series, 1
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The importance of small towns is gaining increased recognition as a
result of two developments. The first development concerns the
possible role of small towns in migration flows and urbanization.
Development of small towns, in the form of improved basic services
and other amenities, has been promoted in order to abate the impact
of urbanization on large urban centres and to alleviate service
provision pressures in major urban centers, whilst stimulating
rural economies and eventually prompting social transformations.
The second development concerns the targets set by the SDGs in
2015. SDG6 requires countries to ensure universal and equitable
water services by 2030. This inclusive target requires that the
water services needs of small towns are considered in the expansion
of sustainable and equitable water services. This book aims to
contribute to the study of water services in small towns by
critically examining different approaches and experiences of water
supply in small towns. It brings together empirical testimonies of
how the implementation of reductionist models and the perseverance
of certain principles underlying these models in the water sector
have yielded suboptimal results. Much remains to be done before
achieving universal service coverage in small towns is likely. In
order to do that, we should start speaking of small towns as a
category on their own and continue the work in elaborating further
what these are and how they work. In Focus - a book series that
showcases the latest accomplishments in water research. Each book
focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts in the
field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding and
inspire further conversations in the sector.
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