The book starts with the suggestion that the world might soon face a water crisis similar to the energy crisis in the 1970s. Too much water is used... 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...
Governments of developing countries are confronted with enormous costs in providing water supply to the public. In an effort to alleviate the... Read more...
This manual provides guidance to engineers and regulatory and local officials on the choice of alternative, cost-effective sewer systems for low... Read more...
The Economic Development Institute Workshop of 1990 had as its emphasis the plight of the urban poor, and the problems of enforcement of their basic... Read more...
This book is written for engineers, planners and architects who are involved with the provision of new or upgraded housing for the urban poor in the... Read more...
Irrigation in Bangladesh first became affordable for the small farmer in the late 1970's, when bamboo and PVC tubewells were introduced. The demand... Read more...