More than 850,000 inhabitants of Lima's peri-urban areas are supplied by 423 water trucks. This study gives information on the water truck system and... Read more...
In Kenya, the Government intends to provide almost 30 million people with improved water services by the year 2010. However, financial difficulties... Read more...
The failure to treat water as a scarce resource is, according to the author, one of the main causes of today's international water crisis. Demand... Read more...
Rapid urbanization in Maharashtra, India is resulting in an increasing demand for water supply and other public services. Read more...
More than ever before has the need to provide approximately 1.2 billion people in developing countries with adequate potable water been so urgent. Read more...
The management of land and water resources on a catchment or basin level and the consideration of water as an economic good are the two main... Read more...
The increasing competition for water supplies world-wide has necessitated a more intensive look at water availability and prioritization of needs. Read more...
This study is based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and attempts to clarify some of the problems associated with extraction of revenues from vulnerable... Read more...
Includes case studies on Villa Bush, Central and Norte, Villa Mexico, Alto Cochabamba and Villa Brazilia, all of them peri-urban areas in Cochabamba... Read more...