As the first article in a four-part PLoS Medicine series on water and sanitation, Jamie
Bartram and Sandy Cairncross argue that the massive burden of ill health associated with …

The aim of this paper is to enhance understanding of how the resilience of water, sanitation
and hygiene (WASH) systems to hazards can be improved. In turn, this aims to inform …

Increased temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns as a result of climate change are
widely recognized to entail potentially serious consequences for human health, including an …

This chapter makes a case for greening cities. It describes the environmental, social and
economic consequences of greening urban systems and infrastructure and provides …

Namibia is the most arid country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Cuvelai-Etosha Basin (CEB) in
central northern Namibia in particular is experiencing various ecological and social …

In the context of urban Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Water Sanitation and Health
(WASH) services, we examine the two very different sides of private-public interaction. On …

Water is regarded as the most important substance found on earth. There is no substitute for
it. The daily running of production businesses, industrial firms and agricultural production …

This chapter is a condensed version of the Cities Chapter of UNEP's seminal publication
'Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty …

This paper applies cost-benefit analysis (CBA) technique to estimate the effectiveness of
hand hygiene and oral health interventions in Uzbekistan for children of kindergarten age (3 …

Lack of accessible clean water impacts millions of people around the world. Throughout the
1990s, the privatization of develo** countries' water sectors was seen as a way to improve …