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1 Obrist, B.; Cisse, G.; Kone, B.; Dongo, K.; Granado, S.; Tanner, M. 2006. Interconnected slums: Water, sanitation and health in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The European Journal of Development Research, 18(2):319-336.
Slums ; Sanitation ; Drainage ; Wastewater ; Channels ; Pollution ; Lagoons ; Villages ; Public health / Ivory Coast / Abidjan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7886 Record No: H040028)
2 Kerbo, H. R. 2011. The persistence of Cambodian poverty: from the killing fields to today. Jefferson, NC, USA: McFarland. 222p.
Poverty ; Indicators ; Economic development ; Social aspects ; Conflict ; Gender relations ; Rural areas ; Villages ; Rural communities ; Slums ; Living standards ; Land acquisitions ; Government ; Bureaucracy ; Political aspects ; Corruption / Cambodia / Thailand / Vietnam / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Phnom Penh / Battambang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 959.6 G700 KER Record No: H046830)
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3 Christ, K.; Baier, K.; Azzam, R. 2016. Slums and informal housing in India: a critical look at official statistics with regard to water and sanitation. Water International, 41(2):308-324. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2016.1139656]
Housing ; Slums ; Urban population ; Water supply ; Groundwater ; Sanitation ; Human rights ; Living standards ; Settlement ; Social aspects ; State intervention ; Households ; Censuses / India / Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047477)
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The official data on slums and basic urban services are important sources for Indian planners and policy makers. With regard to national and international benchmarks they are consulted in order to identify and target those in need of development schemes. This article takes a closer look at the official definitions and numbers and raises questions about their reliability and their comprehensiveness. By comparing these statistics with findings obtained during fieldwork undertaken between 2011 and 2014 in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad questions emerge concerning the effectiveness in helping the most marginalized sections of society.
4 O’Leary, H. 2016. Between stagnancy and affluence: reinterpreting water poverty and domestic flows in Delhi, India. Society and Natural Resources, 29(6):639-653. (Special Issue: Thinking Relationships Through Water). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1150534]
Water poverty ; Communities ; Slums ; Living standards ; Water availability ; Social aspects ; Gender ; Women ; Anthropology ; Economic situation ; Urban planning ; State intervention / India / Delhi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047511)
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Hydrological systems are reflective of the social systems from which they spring. A close examination of the water narratives in a Central Delhi slum reveals that these are imbued with language of developmental struggle and social injustice. This brings clear voice to otherwise tacit, abstract flows ranging from the movement of women, to the circulation of money, and distribution of water, illustrating the delineation and control of the borders and categories over which things flow. In the slum, residents mark the success of their lives, and their measure of the future, by the passing of time in waiting for water. Some residents are believed to live in a state of financial, temporal, and hydrological affluence, while others identify the flows in their lives as stagnant. These abstractions are manifested in stories of daily water struggles, reflecting identities and worldviews that shed light on perceptions of development that are otherwise difficult to express.
5 De, I.; Nag, T. 2016. Local self-governance, ethnic division in slums and preference for water supply institutions in Kolkata, India. Water Policy, 18(3):750-768. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2015.127]
Water supply ; Institutions ; Local government ; Governance ; Privatization ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Water demand ; User charges ; Ethnic groups ; Slums ; Communities ; Households ; Religious groups ; Social aspects ; Caste systems ; Discrimination ; Economic situation ; Income ; Models / India / Kolkata
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047613)
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This paper investigates the preferences for institutional mechanisms for improved water supply services across different ethnic communities in slums of Kolkata. The Muslim community prefers privatization of water supply as against paid public supply. The backward caste community prefers both paid public delivery and privatization. Residents of non-notified (NN) slums prefer paid public delivery as against privatization. Access to accountability mechanisms for water supply is lower for residents of Muslim dominated regions and NN areas. This is reflected by household perception about awareness of councilors regarding water supply conditions in the slums. The choice of alternative institution depends on the degree of risk of exclusion due to lack of access to accountability mechanisms. Notification of NN slums, higher revenue autonomy and capacity of local bodies, and innovations in scale neutral technologies may improve access to water supply by marginalized communities in slums.
6 Arceivala, S. J.; Asolekar, S. R. 2007. Wastewater treatment for pollution control and reuse. 3rd ed. New Delhi, India: McGraw-Hill Education. 518p.
Wastewater Management ; Waste water treatment plants ; Pollution control ; Ecosystem approaches ; Waste disposal ; Environmental impact assessment ; Urban wastes ; Solid wastes ; Slums ; Sewerage ; Sanitation ; Mechanical methods ; Aerobic treatment ; Bioreactors ; Biological treatment of pollutants ; Sludge treatment ; Anaerobic treatment ; Physicochemical treatment ; Membrane processes ; Aerated lagoons ; Stabilization ponds ; Fish ponds ; Hyacinthus ; Duckweed ; Constructed wetlands ; Vermiculture ; Algal growth ; Oxygen requirement ; Phosphorus removal ; Nitrification ; Denitrification ; Wastewater irrigation ; Irrigation systems ; Soil properties ; Agriculture ; Water reuse ; Industrial uses ; Water conservation ; Groundwater recharge ; Water supply ; Public distribution system ; Resource recovery ; Sustainability ; Planning ; Guidelines / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 628.3 G000 ARC Record No: H047990)
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7 Ebeke, C. H.; Etoundi, S. M. N. 2017. The effects of natural resources on urbanization, concentration, and living standards in Africa. World Development, 96:408-417. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.026]
Natural resources ; Urbanization ; Living standards ; Water availability ; Sanitation ; Informal sector ; Governance ; Urban population ; Slums ; Off farm employment ; Income ; Gross national product ; Econometrics ; Models / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048239)
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This paper examines the effects of natural resource abundance on urbanization and living standards in Africa. Our central hypothesis is that the exploitation of natural resources in a context of poor governance quality creates the conditions for rapid urbanization and urban concentration, and ultimately lowers living standards in primal cities. Using a large panel of African countries, our results show that an increase in the share of natural resources leads to a rapid increase in urbanization and urban concentration, even after taking into account endogeneity issues, or after using more exogenous measures of resource dependency. The paper also establishes a negative association between the resource abundance, the quality of life in large cities and the degree of informality via the increase in urbanization rate and urban concentration. Importantly, we have established that these results mostly hold in the context of bad governance. More specifically, the resource-led urbanization and concentration booms take place mainly in countries characterized by poor governance records. Furthermore, poor governance quality is associated with a more detrimental effect of urbanization and urban concentration on the quality of life in African cities. These results suggest that ongoing transformations experienced by these countries call for complementary policies to ensure a more balanced and efficient urbanization process.
8 Sharma, M.; Alipalo, M. 2017. The Dhaka water services turnaround: how Dhaka is connecting slums, saving water, raising revenues, and becoming one of South Asia’s best public water utilities. Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank (ADB). 70p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.22617/TCS179117-2]
Water supply ; Development projects ; Urban areas ; Water scarcity ; Water conservation ; Water quality ; Sanitation ; Water users ; Slums ; Public utilities ; Gender relations ; Drainage equipment ; Metering ; Financing ; Investment policies ; Water authorities ; Institutional reform ; Capacity building ; Customer relations ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Political aspects / South Asia / Bangladesh / Dhaka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048496)
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/384631/dhaka-water-services.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048496.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048496.pdf
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9 Horne, J.; Tortajada, C.; Harrington, L. 2018. Achieving the sustainable development goals: improving water services in cities affected by extreme weather events. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(4):475-489. (Special issue: Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods: Policies and Governance). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2018.1464902]
Sustainable Development Goals ; Water supply ; Towns ; Extreme weather events ; Climate change ; Water governance ; Water policy ; Financing ; Tariffs ; Disaster risk management ; Informal settlements ; Slums
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048812)
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This article discusses how key risks from extreme weather events might affect progress towards meeting Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 11 in cities in developing countries. It outlines the magnitude of the existing shortfall in safe water and sanitation services, and how climate change will exacerbate existing problems. It argues that the performance of many governments thus far has lacked urgency and purpose. Unless governments in particular become more committed, with redoubled effort, the goals are unlikely to be achieved.
10 Adams, E. A. 2018. Thirsty slums in African cities: household water insecurity in urban informal settlements of Lilongwe, Malawi. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(6):869-887. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1322941]
Water insecurity ; Informal settlements ; Slums ; Urban areas ; Households ; Drinking water ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Water institutions ; Water policy ; Water use ; Periurban areas ; Socioeconomic environment / Africa South of Sahara / Malawi / Lilongwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048943)
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Over 70% of Malawi’s urban population lives in informal settlements, where households regularly face chronic water insecurity. This article utilizes mixed methods – household surveys (N = 645), field observations, focus groups and interviews – to examine household water insecurity in three urban informal settlements of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital and largest city. The study finds that water insecurity arises from overdependence on communal water kiosks which are insufficient in number, have high nonfunctional rates, are prone to vandalism, and provide water irregularly; lack of alternative improved water sources; and a significant time burden due to long waiting times and multiple trips to water sources. The findings underscore why water insecurity in Africa’s urban informal settlements deserves urgent policy attention.
11 Grassini, L. 2019. Participatory water governance between theories and practices: learning from a community-based initiative in India. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(3):404-429. (Special issue: Understanding Emergent Participation Practices in Water Governance). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1354761]
Water governance ; Participatory approaches ; Community involvement ; Development projects ; Slums ; Best practices ; Empowerment ; Strategies ; Municipal authorities ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Conflicts ; Social aspects ; Case studies / India / Ahmedabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049155)
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Despite increasing convergence on the social learning concept as a theoretical foundation of collaborative practices for water governance, this article shows the pitfalls of its uncritical application as a normative ideal. The discussion is based on the analysis of a community-based initiative for water supply and slum upgrading in India, which is considered a best practice of good governance due to its collaborative approach. A different interpretation of the project is proposed through the analysis of its successes and failures from a community perspective. Finally, a recommendation for context-specific selection of theoretical bases for participatory practices is made.
12 Haddout, S.; Priya, K. L.; Hoguane, A. M.; Ljubenkov, I. 2020. Water scarcity: a big challenge to slums in Africa to fight against COVID-19. Science and Technology Libraries, 39(3):281-288. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2020.1765227]
Water scarcity ; Coronavirus disease ; Slums ; Sanitation ; Water availability ; Water resources ; Freshwater ; Drinking water ; Water conservation ; Population / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049887)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0194262X.2020.1765227?needAccess=true#aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGFuZGZvbmxpbmUuY29tL2RvaS9wZGYvMTAuMTA4MC8wMTk0MjYyWC4yMDIwLjE3NjUyMjc/bmVlZEFjY2Vzcz10cnVlQEBAMA==
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049887.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049887.pdf
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In the light of the current situation regarding the COVID-19 disease, a discussion is attempted on the need for focusing on water scarcity in Africa and the important considerations to conserving water to fight against SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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