{"product_id":"low-cost-urban-sanitation-isbn-9780471961635","title":"Low Cost Urban Sanitation","description":"This book covers the public health, technical, socioeconomic, sociocultural and institutional aspects of sanitation in towns and cities of developing countries. The text features excreta-related diseases and the use of sanitation to reduce their transmission. The sanitation technologies covered in detail are VIP latrines, pour-flush toilets, septic tanks, settled sewerage and simplified sewerage, with additional chapters on sullage disposal, pit emptying, and sewage treatment and reuse. Sociocultural constraints on sanitation systems and their socioeconomic costing are described, together with hygiene education, which is essential in order to achieve maximum benefits to health. The text also explains how to choose the most appropriate sanitation option for a given low-income community. Finally, institutional aspects are reviewed, including effective sanitation programme planning, monitoring and evaluation. Urban Sanitation Needs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sanitation and Health.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pour-Flush Toilets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sullage Disposal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Septic Tanks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Emptying.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Settled Sewerage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Simplified Sewerage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sewage Treatment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sociocultural Aspects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Socioeconomic Aspects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Technology Selection and Upgrading.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hygiene Education.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Institutional Aspects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \u003cp\u003eDuncan Mara is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Biology, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and the Royal Institute of Public Health.  This book covers the public health, technical, socioeconomic, sociocultural and institutional aspects of sanitation in towns and cities of developing countries. The text features excreta-related diseases and the use of sanitation to reduce their transmission. The sanitation technologies covered in detail are VIP latrines, pour-flush toilets, septic tanks, settled sewerage and simplified sewerage, with additional chapters on sullage disposal, pit emptying, and sewage treatment and reuse. Sociocultural constraints on sanitation systems and their socioeconomic costing are described, together with hygiene education, which is essential in order to achieve maximum benefits to health. The text also explains how to choose the most appropriate sanitation option for a given low-income community. Finally, institutional aspects are reviewed, including effective sanitation programme planning, monitoring and evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989543764197,"sku":"NP9780471961635","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471961635.jpg?v=1761784532","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/low-cost-urban-sanitation-isbn-9780471961635","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}