In a rapidly urbanizing world, poor environmental sanitation has emerged as a major challenge, threatening the health and livelihoods particularly of the poor. It is also now clear, that if business continues as usual, the sanitation related MDG to halve by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to basic sanitation will not be met. Mere provision of toilets is not enough to ensure good environmental sanitation. Excreta
from toilets needs to be transported and disposed of safely without creating an environmental health hazard. While in the large cities of industrialized countries this is usually achieved through centralized waste water management systems with advanced treatment technologies, such systems tend to be expensive and difficult to operate.
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Publisher:
UNHABITAT
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
WETLANDS, LABOUR, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICES, ENVIRONMENT
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Thematic Group:
UNHABITAT
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Human Settlements
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Thesaurus:
05.10.00
- Waste Disposal
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