Decentralized drinking-water systems are an important element in the process of reaching
the Millennium Development Goals, as centralized systems are often deficient or non …

Today, for the first time in the history of Humankind urban dwellers outnumber rural
residents. Urban places, towns and cities, are of fundamental importance–for the distribution …

This study investigates the notions of natural and environmental amenities in the social
science literature, the ways they are defined and measured, and related issues. We analyze …

The development and use of indicators is common practice in efforts to promote urban
sustainability. Indicators used to measure urban sustainability tend to focus narrowly on …

In terms of welfare, development, and overall distributional impact, the study of whole sector
housing development is more significant than attention to parts of a housing system …

Background The concentration of poverty and adverse environmental circumstances within
slums, particularly those in the cities of develo** countries, are an increasingly important …

This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms
metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale the book presents …

This contribution is aimed at sharing the Asian perspective. In particular, how the rapidly
growing cities like Hong Kong and Singapore, have and continue to meet the basic needs of …

This text addresses the difficulties of balancing the imperatives of sustainability with the
pressing challenges facing some of the world's most underdeveloped areas. Various …

Many residents of urban areas face joint obstacles to basic service access, but these
barriers are more prevalent and severe in slum settlements. Analyses of obstacles have …