Background Promotion and provision of low-cost technologies that enable improved water,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices are seen as viable solutions for reducing high …

Poor sanitation in urban slums results in increased prevalence of diseases and pollution of
the environment. Excreta, grey water and solid wastes are the major contributors to the …

Urban solid waste management (SWM) is a central problem in major cities worldwide. This
topic is particularly relevant for develo** countries, given the constant growth of slums …

The proportion of urban population is increasing globally. Climate change, biodiversity loss,
and environmental pollution are leading to the urgent need to increase sustainable …

Reducing the usage of plastic bags has been a pressing task for governments around the
world. In China, the government also makes extensive efforts to contrast the negative effects …

This socio-economic review provides an overview of the sanitation crisis in slum areas, and
re-emphasizes the importance of sanitation. It highlights a lack of recognition of actual …

Access to improved sanitation is a key preventive measure against sanitary-related gastro-
enteric diseases such as diarrhoea. We assessed the access to sanitation facilities and …

To assess the suitability of water sources for drinking purposes, samples were taken from
groundwater sources (boreholes and hand-dug wells) used for drinking water in the …

Results Of the 148 articles and reports identified in our map** and keywording phase, the
literature was well distributed between interventions or programmes that addressed …

On-site sanitation provisions in urban slums rarely prioritise grey water management, yet it
forms the largest fraction of wastewater. This study was carried out to characterise grey …