The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission adopted a reform-linked funding approach, the... more The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission adopted a reform-linked funding approach, the culmination of two decades of active debate and experimentation in the urban development sector. Yet, progress of both fund utilisation and reforms under the ...
Environment And Planning B: Urban Analytics And City Science, Mar 25, 2022
The common practice for desludging of septic tanks is ‘demand-based desludging’ rather than a reg... more The common practice for desludging of septic tanks is ‘demand-based desludging’ rather than a regular service. Such practices have adverse social and environmental impacts. Scheduled desludging is advocated to maintain the performance of septic tanks and avoid adverse effects on the environment. Wai, a small town in the state of Maharashtra, India, is the first city in India to implement scheduled desludging. This paper discusses impact of scheduled desludging on water quality. The quality of water before scheduled desludging and after scheduled desludging is assessed. It describes monitoring the quality of groundwater, river water, effluent from drains and supernatants from septic tanks. It reflects the linkages of scheduled desludging and improved supernatants and drain water quality which as a result improves the river and groundwater quality. The results suggest positive impact of regular desludging on the performance of septic tanks. This has led to improvement in the quality of drain water, ground water and river water.
The authors of the government's Draft National Housing Policy (DNHP) are not troubled by dou... more The authors of the government's Draft National Housing Policy (DNHP) are not troubled by doubts that the housing market may not cater to the poor. The emphasis on'affordable shelter'also makes it clear that the draft policy views housing in the context of the present ...
New approaches to poverty reduction developed during the last decade are reflected in two new glo... more New approaches to poverty reduction developed during the last decade are reflected in two new global initiatives - debt relief through the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and development of poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs). These are especially relevant in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) as 32 of the 41 countries initially identified for such support is in this region. This note provides the main findings of a preliminary desk review of the water supply and sanitation (WSS) component in these exercises. The main objectives of the review are to develop a framework for WSS integration within the PRSP process and identify key areas of focus and directions for possible support from the Water and Sanitation Program - Africa Region (WSP-AF) in this activity. Key areas of inquiry include: coverage of WSS sector in poverty diagnostic and priority strategies, inclusion of WSS in macro financial planning, and overall monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within the PRSP process....
The importance of water supply and sanitation (WSS) for poverty reduction is inadequately represe... more The importance of water supply and sanitation (WSS) for poverty reduction is inadequately represented in the development of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Sub Saharan Africa. This paper provides an assessment of water and sanitation coverage in ...
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission adopted a reform-linked funding approach, the... more The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission adopted a reform-linked funding approach, the culmination of two decades of active debate and experimentation in the urban development sector. Yet, progress of both fund utilisation and reforms under the ...
Environment And Planning B: Urban Analytics And City Science, Mar 25, 2022
The common practice for desludging of septic tanks is ‘demand-based desludging’ rather than a reg... more The common practice for desludging of septic tanks is ‘demand-based desludging’ rather than a regular service. Such practices have adverse social and environmental impacts. Scheduled desludging is advocated to maintain the performance of septic tanks and avoid adverse effects on the environment. Wai, a small town in the state of Maharashtra, India, is the first city in India to implement scheduled desludging. This paper discusses impact of scheduled desludging on water quality. The quality of water before scheduled desludging and after scheduled desludging is assessed. It describes monitoring the quality of groundwater, river water, effluent from drains and supernatants from septic tanks. It reflects the linkages of scheduled desludging and improved supernatants and drain water quality which as a result improves the river and groundwater quality. The results suggest positive impact of regular desludging on the performance of septic tanks. This has led to improvement in the quality of drain water, ground water and river water.
The authors of the government's Draft National Housing Policy (DNHP) are not troubled by dou... more The authors of the government's Draft National Housing Policy (DNHP) are not troubled by doubts that the housing market may not cater to the poor. The emphasis on'affordable shelter'also makes it clear that the draft policy views housing in the context of the present ...
New approaches to poverty reduction developed during the last decade are reflected in two new glo... more New approaches to poverty reduction developed during the last decade are reflected in two new global initiatives - debt relief through the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and development of poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs). These are especially relevant in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) as 32 of the 41 countries initially identified for such support is in this region. This note provides the main findings of a preliminary desk review of the water supply and sanitation (WSS) component in these exercises. The main objectives of the review are to develop a framework for WSS integration within the PRSP process and identify key areas of focus and directions for possible support from the Water and Sanitation Program - Africa Region (WSP-AF) in this activity. Key areas of inquiry include: coverage of WSS sector in poverty diagnostic and priority strategies, inclusion of WSS in macro financial planning, and overall monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within the PRSP process....
The importance of water supply and sanitation (WSS) for poverty reduction is inadequately represe... more The importance of water supply and sanitation (WSS) for poverty reduction is inadequately represented in the development of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Sub Saharan Africa. This paper provides an assessment of water and sanitation coverage in ...
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