The Last Taboo - Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis (Paperback)

Except in schoolboy jokes, the subject of human waste is rarely aired. We talk about water-related diseases when most are sanitation-related - in short, we don t mention the shit. A century and a half ago, a long, hot summer reduced the Thames flowing past the UK Houses of Parliament to a Great Stink, thereby inducing MPs to legislate sanitary reform. Today, another sanitary reformation is needed, one that manages to spread cheaper and simpler systems to people everywhere. In the byways of the developing world, much is quietly happening on the excretory frontier. In 2008, the International Year of Sanitation, the authors bring this awkward subject to a wider audience than the world of international filth usually commands. They seek the elimination of the Great Distaste so that people without political clout or economic muscle can claim their right to a dignified and hygienic place to go . Published with UNICEF

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Maggie Black • Ben Fawcett
Dimensions:	233 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-1-84407-544-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Waste treatment & disposal > Sewage treatment & disposal
LSN:	1-84407-544-3
Barcode:	9781844075447

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