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This book presents the findings of a Department for International
Development (DFID) funded project. It has been written for
policy-makers and professional staff of urban government,
development agencies and non-government organizations in low-income
countries. The book aims to help improve the poor practices of
municipal solid waste management that prevail in many low-income
countries - a subject that has received comparatively little
attention to other aspects of infrastructure such as water supply
and transport. It is a complex subject embracing waste collection,
transfer, haulage and disposal and its impacts are wide, including
for example, effects on environmental health, municipal finance and
management, waste reuse, and informal sector employment.
This manual investigates the extent and nature of the involvement
of low-income urban communities in the provision of their local
infrastructure. It also provides guidance for policy-makers and
professional staff of urban government, development agencies,
non-government organisations, and small to medium enterprises for
promoting increased involvement of communities in the procurement
of neighbourhood (tertiary level) infrastructure. Cases relating to
water supply, sanitation, drainage, access, paving, street and
security lighting, solid waste removal, and community buildings are
examined. ALSO AVAILABLE IN URDU
This booklet is a supplement to the WHO monograph Tools for
assessing the O&M status of water supply and sanitation in
developing countries which comprises nine tools for measuring and
evaluating the effectiveness of operations and maintenance
(O&M) of water supply and sanitation services. The WHO tools
are: Tool 1: Effectiveness of the O&M management system. Tool
2: Guidelines for an audit of O&M. Tool 3: A framework for
assessing the status of O&M. Tool 4: Guidelines on O&M
performance evaluation. Tool 5: Guidelines on O&M performance
reporting. Tool 6: Guidelines for the selection of performance
indicators. Tool 7: Performance indicators for water supply and
sanitation. Tool 8: Potential information sources. Tool 9:
Participatory information-gathering. Tool 7 suggests performance
indicators which are specific to water supply and sanitation; all
other tools are generic and apply equally to any other of the urban
services. Tool 7A has been produced as a supplement to Tool 7 which
provides some indicators in relation to these other urban services.
On inspection of Tools 7 and 7A, however, it can be seen that it is
relatively straightforward to develop equivalent performance
indicators oneself for one's own use. An additional Tool 10 has
also been prepared to offer advice on indicators for technical,
financial and institutional sustainability.
From Action Plans to Implementation is aimed primarily at urban
engineers. It provides guidance on taking local action plans
forward to the stage of implementing service improvements at the
field level, including administrative procedures for technical and
financial approval and the different options for procurement and
contracting.
Action Planning Guidelines: Parts 3a, 3b and 3c is aimed primarily
at senior local programme managers, including urban engineers and
planners. It proposes a framework for action planning to develop
local neighbourhood plans and area service plans for networked
infrastructure which focuses on the importance of linking these
together through a process of consensus building.
Guiding Principles is aimed primarily at policymakers but is also
of direct relevance to urban engineers and planners. It presents an
overview of principles and offers guidance for the development of
an action planning approach to improve services for the urban poor
within a policy context which supports administrative
decentralisation and involvement of users in the planning process.
Technical Guidelines: Parts 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and 4f is aimed
primarily at urban engineers and planners. It provides a range of
different tools for detailed planning and guidelines for design.
The tools cover different technical options for service
improvements to urban poor areas, including 'handy tips' for
construction and maintenance.
Working with Partners is aimed primarily at policymakers but is
also of direct relevance to urban engineers and planners. It
reviews the roles of different stakeholders in service provision,
including government, civil society and external agencies. A number
of common constraints are identified and possible ways of
addressing them are outlined.
This document presents the findings from Phase 2 (August 1994 -
March 1997) of a Department for International Development (DFID)
project (R4857) covering On-Plot Sanitation in Low Income Urban
Communities. The project concerns the performance of on-plot
sanitation systems in urban India, Ghana and Mozambique, and aims
to investigate how satisfactory on-plot sanitation is in the urban
context, and to develop guidance on its use for policy makers and
professional staff of urban governments, development agencies and
non-government organisations
The result of a review of the literature on infrastructure design
for urban low-income housing. Covers infrastructure planning; site
preparation; drainage; roads and access; water supply; power
supply; sanitation; solid waste management.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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