Publications
Sustainable Sanitation for All : Experiences , challenges , and innovations , June 2016 . Practical Action .
Editors : Petra Bongartz , Naomi Vernon and John Fox
Publishers : Practical Action Publishing Ltd
Published : June 2016 Pages : 346
eISBN : 978-1-78044-927-2 | ISBN : 978-1-85339-927-5
Great strides have been made in improving sanitation in many developing countries . Yet , 2.4 billion people worldwide still lack access to adequate sanitation facilities and the poorest and most vulnerable members of society are often not reached and their specific needs are not met .
Moreover , sustainability is currently one of the key challenges in CLTS and wider WASH practice , subsuming issues such as behaviour change , equity and inclusion , physical sustainability and sanitation marketing , monitoring and verification , engagement of governments , NGOs and donors , particularly after open defecation free ( ODF ) status is reached , and more .
Achievement of ODF status is now recognized as only the first stage in a long process of change and sanitation improvement , with new challenges emerging every step of the way , such as how to stimulate progress up the sanitation ladder , how to ensure the poorest and marginalized are reached , or how to maintain and embed behaviour change .
There have been several useful studies on sustainability that have highlighted some of these different aspects as well as the complexities involved . This book develops these key themes by exploring current experience , practices , challenges , innovations and insights , as well as identifying a future research agenda and gaps in current knowledge .
Describing the landscape of sustainability of CLTS and sanitation with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) and through examples from Africa and Asia , the book captures a range of experiences and innovations from a broad range of institutions and actors within the WASH sector , and attempts to make recommendations and practical suggestions for policy and practice for practitioners , funders , policy-makers and governments .
Earth Observation for Water Resources Management : Current Use and Future Opportunities for the Water Sector
This book describes some key global water challenges , perspectives for remote sensing approaches , and their importance for water resources-related activities . It presents eight key types of water resources management variables , a list of sensors that can produce such information , and a description of existing data products with examples .
This book provides a series of practical guidelines that can be used by project leaders to decide whether remote sensing may be useful for the problem at hand and suitable data sources to consider if so . The book concludes with a review of the literature on reliability statistics of remote-sensed estimations .
Citation
“ García , Luis ; Rodríguez , Juan Diego ; Wijnen , Marcus ; Pakulski , Inge . 2016 . Earth Observation for Water Resources Management : Current Use and Future Opportunities for the Water Sector . Washington , DC : World Bank . © World Bank . https :// openknowledge . worldbank . org / handle / 10986 / 22952 License : CC BY 3.0 IGO .”
African Development Report
Despite earlier periods of limited growth , African economies have grown substantially over the past decade . However , poverty and inequality reduction has remained less responsive to growth successes across the continent . How does growth affect poverty and inequality ?
How can Africa overcome contemporary and future sustainable development challenges ?
This 2015 edition of the African Development Report ( ADR ) offers analysis , synthesis and recommendations that are relevant to these questions .
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