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2013 - Urban Environmental Sanitation in Nepal, an assessment of community/scale, decentralised wastewater management in Nepal, and the potential for a community/led urban environmental sanitation approach in Tansen - Case studies from Sunga, Srikhandapur, Nala and Bhusal Danda. Bright-Davies, L. Master Thesis at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. [2.47 MB]

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Nepal is experiencing the fastest rate of urbanisation in the South Asian region,with sanitation and wastewater management emerging as some of the biggest challenges in urban …

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2012 - Compilation of 13 factsheets on key sustainable sanitation topics. von Münch, E., Ingle, R., Mbalo, D., Kappauf, L. (eds.) Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and GIZ, Germany. [5.25 MB]

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This factsheet book is a compilation of 13 thematic factsheets which were produced by the eleven SuSanA working groups. What makes these factsheets special is that they are …

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2012 - Planning of sustainable sanitation for cities - Factsheet of Working Group 6. Lüthi, C., Lehn, H., Norström, A., Panesar, A., Rüd, S., Saywell, D., Verhagen, J., Ulrich, L.., Ingle, R. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). [441.91 KB]

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This factsheet deals with the planning of sustainable sanitation for urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries and its importance for achieving comprehensive and inclusive …

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2012 - Reassessing stakeholders’ involvement in environmental sanitation planning and provision - A comparative analysis of three contemporary approaches in East Africa. de Carvalho Rodrigues, M.C. MSc Thesis, Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät VI – Planen, Bauen & Umwelt, Master’s Program of Urban Management Studies, Berlin, Germany. [4.26 MB]

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Current figures regarding the lack of environmental sanitation services in developing countries pose a great challenge to governments, the private sector, planners and local …

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2012 - Selected presentations from IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia. Various authors IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia, Nagpur, India. [1.61 MB]

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This library entry contains selected presentations from the IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia held 20-22 November 2012. …

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2012 - Urine diversion dry toilets and greywater system, Erdos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China - Case study of sustainable sanitation projects. McConville, J., Rosemarin, A. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). [905.29 KB]

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The EETP initiated by the Dongsheng District Government and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has adopted the approach of sustainable sanitation in multi-storey buildings …

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2012 - Recognising and dealing with informal influences in water and sanitation services delivery. WSUP Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), London, UK. [814.75 KB]

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Donor-funded water and sanitation improvement programmes tend to focus on and operate within the formal frameworks put in place by municipal or national governments. These …

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2012 - Support to the national urban sanitation policy (NUSP) and City Sanitation Plans - Factsheets. GIZ GIZ India. [5.73 MB]

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Sanitation is defined as safe management of human excreta, including its safe confinement treatment, disposal and associated hygiene-related practices. According to official …

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2011 - Assessing sanitation service levels - Working Paper 3. Potter, A. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands. [302.21 KB]

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The purpose of this working paper is to set out sanitation service levels to be applied as an analytical tool for WASHCost research on the disaggregated unit costs of water, …

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2011 - Unisex urinal usability testing - consultancy report for Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. Sindani, E. G. Y. Sustainable Sanitation Design (SuSan Design). [1.17 MB]

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Background:Industrial designer Sarah Keller, working and living in Kampala, Uganda from 2008 to 2009, wanted to design a product that serves the inhabitants of urban slums in …

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2011 - How do land tenure issues affect sanitation provision for the urban poor? How can water and sanitation provision empower the urban poor? - Homeless International Learning Brief - No.1 and No.2. Homeless International Homeless International (HI), UK. [704.56 KB]

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The two learning briefs are based on the experience of the multi-country community-led project ‘Water and sanitation provision for the urban poor in Malawi, Tanzania and …

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2011 - Planning Tools. Ecosan Club (ed.) Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP), Issue 7. EcoSan Club, Austria. [2.49 MB]

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It is generally assumed that an appropriate planning process is important for sustainable implementation of sanitation solutions. Therefore, a number of projects and institutions …

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2011 - Water and sanitation service models for the urban poor: Defining stakeholder relations, achieving sustainable finance. Hayward, T., Parker, A., Tiberghien, J.-E. WSUP and BDP, Cranfield University, UK. [2.33 MB]

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This presentation gives a short overview of challenges and strategies for the provision of water and sanitation services for the urban poor. Three case studies give examples from …

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2011 - Integrating faecal sludge management (FSM) into urban sanitation planning - Discussion paper. WSUP Water & sanitation for the urban poor (WSUP), London, UK. [4 KB]

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The management of faecal sludge from onsite toilets (pit latrines and septic tanks) is a notoriously difficult problem in dense low-income urban communities: often sludge is dumped …

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2011 - City Sanitation Plans in India (Nashik, Kochi, Raipur, Shimla, Tirupati). GIZ GIZ India (Sanitation Program). [6.32 MB]

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City Sanitation Plans (factsheets) …

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2011 - Toolkit for urban public sanitation projects in Kenya (Version 1.0). WSTF Water Services Trust Fund, Kenya. [429.31 KB]

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This toolkit contains the complete set of tools (e.g. drawings, BoQs, management guidelines) that the Water Service Providers (WSPs) need to plan, design, implement, manage, …

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2011 - Sustainable sanitation in cities: a framework for action. Lüthi, C., Panesar, A., Schütze, T., Norström, A., McConville, J., Parkinson, J., Saywell, D., Ingle, R. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), Papiroz Publishing House. [4 KB]

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This book was prepared by partners of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) within working group 6 on cities and addresses sanitation as a key element of the urban …

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2011 - Towards better design of the process of planning for sanitation. McConville, J. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). [546.37 KB]

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This policy brief aims to provide international donors, consultants, municipal planners and policymakers with an improved understanding of the process of sanitation planning and …

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2011 - Toilet for the urban poor in Bangladesh (moSan - mobile sanitation) - Non-infrastructure based dry-separation toilet for the urban poor in Bangladesh. Mijthab, M. Presentation given at GIZ in Eschborn, Germany. [4.22 MB]

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GIZ Bangladesh and the German industrial designer Mona Mijthab developed a non-infractructure-based separation dry toilet for the urban poor in Bangladesh. …

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2010 - A quantitative approach to predict behavioural intentions towards ecological sanitation - The case of the co-composting of faecal sludge and solid wastes for urban agriculture project in Buobai/Kumasi, Ghana. Ekuful, J. [3.58 MB]

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Producing co-compost fertilisers from municipal solid wastes and human excreta is seen as one way of reducing the large volumes of wastes that are generated in the urban areas of …

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2010 - Operation and Maintenance - Successful Models for O&M of Sanitation Systems. Ecosan Club (ed.) Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP), Issue 2. EcoSan Club, Austria. [1.63 MB]

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The second issue of Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP) focuses on "Successful models for operation and maintenance of sanitation systems". …

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2010 - Data Collection Tools - Tanzania - Baseline Study of Low-Income Urban Areas in Tanzania. GFA [621.4 KB]

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The Ministry of Water (MoW) and the Energy and Water Utilities Regulartory Authority (EWURA) with the technical and financial support from GIZ commissioned a Baseline Study in …

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2010 - Assessment of a cost-covering sanitation tariff for Alexandria/Egypt. Badran, M., Jamrah, A., Gaese, H. [1003.83 KB]

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Alexandria faces major inefficiencies regarding financial sustainability of sanitation services. Wastewater tariffs in Alexandria are only covering around 20% of the total cost and …

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2010 - Unpacking Sanitation Planning - Comparing Theory and Practice. McConville, J. PhD thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. [1.29 MB]

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The overall objective of this thesis is to better understand the planning processes used in the field of sanitation and their importance for the sustainability of sanitation …

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2010 - Cost effectiveness and sustainability of sanitation options: A case study of South Can Tho - Technical report. Willetts, J., Carrard, N., Retamal, M., Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam, Paddon, M., Do Xuan Thuy, Nguyen Hieu Trung and Mitchell, C. Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. [1.33 MB]

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The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), from the University of …

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2010 - Community ablution blocks with sewers or infiltration, eThekwini (Durban), South Africa - Case study of sustainable sanitation projects. Roma, E., Buckley, C., Mbatha, S., Sibiya, L., Gounden, T. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). [480.07 KB]

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This case study is about a full-scale project of urban upgrading with community-based water and sanitation in form of community ablution blocks in eThekwini, South Africa. As a …

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2010 - Resource efficiency of urban sanitation systems: a comparative assessment using material and energy flow analysis. Meinzinger, F. Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany. [4.91 MB]

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The present study applies a combined cost, energy and material flow analysis (ceMFA) as a system analysis method to assess the resource efficiency of urban sanitation systems. This …

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2010 - Towards sustainable sanitation: evaluating the sustainability of resource‐oriented sanitation. Flores, A. [4.12 MB]

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Resource-oriented sanitation systems are designed to recover resources from wastewater while minimising the demand on other resources, particularly water and energy. This research …

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2010 - Les toilettes sèches familiales (in French) - Household dry toilets. Berne, B. Toilettes du monde. [1.28 MB]

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Etat de l’art, etat des lieux dans plusieurs pays et propositions pour un accompagnement en France …

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2009 - Going to Scale with Urine Diversion in Sweden - From Individual Households to Municipal Systems in 15 Years. Johansson, M., Kvarnström, E., Richert Stintzing, A. Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland. [150.87 KB]

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The Swedish development of “modern” urine diverting systems have been of interest also in an international context. This paper tries to describe this development as four …

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2009 - Sanitation policies and regulatory frameworks for reuse of nutrients in wastewater, human excreta and greywater - Proceedings from SEI/EcoSanRes2 Workshop in Sweden. SEI Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden. [532.97 KB]

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Sanitation policies and regulatory frameworks are important tools and key elements when promoting and implementing sustainable sanitation including reuse of nutrients in …

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2009 - Sandec News 2009 - July 2009, No. 10. Peter, S., Zurbrügg, C. (eds.) Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland. [1.31 MB]

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Different topics are described in the journal, such as …

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2009 - The Urban Projects Concept (UPC) - An overview. WSTF Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF). [1.03 MB]

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The booklet was prepared by the Water Services Trust Fund to provide stakeholders with an overview of the Urban Projects Concept. …

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2009 - Implementation of urine-diverting dry toilets in multi-storey apartment buildings in Ethiopia. Meinzinger, F., Oldenburg, M., Lisanework, A., Gutema, K., Otterpohl, R., Krusche, P., Jebens, O. Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland. [379.24 KB]

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The Ethiopian government currently pursues a large-scale housing programme based on multi-storey houses, so-called condominium buildings. Providing water and sanitation services to …

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2009 - Decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and sanitation in developing countries - A practical guide - sample version, selected pages only. Gutterer, B., Sasse, L., Panzerbieter, T., Reckerzügel, T. Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University, UK, in association with Bremen Overseas Research (BORDA), Germany. [6.64 MB]

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The guidebook "Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems and Sanitation in Developing Countries – A practical guide" is addressed to Urban Service Providers or National and …

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2009 - Urban slum dwellers in Kenya and Bangladesh benefit from using Peepoo bags which are self-sanitising and biodegradable. von Münch, E., Wirseen, C., Patel, D., Wheaton, A., Jachnow, A. Dry Toilet Conference, Tampere, Finland. [160.05 KB]

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The multiple challenges of urban slums limit the ability of conventional infrastructure-based sanitation systems to quickly address the pressing sanitation needs of urban slum …

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2009 - Results of a medium-scale trial of single-use, self-sanitising toilet bags in poor urban settlements in Bangladesh. Wheaton, A. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ), Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1.34 MB]

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The objective of this study was to establish whether Toilet Bags are a feasible sanitation alternative for poor urban settlements given the local socio-cultural context. Bangladesh …

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2009 - Guidance Notes on Services for the Urban Poor - A Practical Guide for Improving Water Supply and Sanitation Services. WSP Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [1.81 MB]

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In 2006–07, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) initiated research to identify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The findings of the research were presented in …

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2009 - Safer sanitation in slums and emergency settings with Peepoo bags - Appropriate Technology, Vol 36, No 4, p. 38. von Münch, E., Wirseen, C., Patel, D., Wheaton, A., Jachnow, A. [417.79 KB]

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In most of the urban slums of countries like Kenya and Bangladesh there is a huge lack of sanitation facilities like toilets, and this leads to problems of the safe disposal of …

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2009 - Management of ecosan system in urban areas - Ecosan UE project case study in four sectors of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Coulibali, C. [375.39 KB]

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Ecological sanitation is an alternative to linear sanitation approaches that often end up to carry waste to water bodies. It is based on an ecosystem approach where the nutrient …

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2009 - Evaluating the sustainability of an innovative dry sanitation (ecosan) system in China as compared to a conventional waterborne sanitation system. Flores, A., Rosemarin, A., Fenner, R. WEFTEC Conference, USA. [297.36 KB]

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The use of sustainability indicators for evaluating sanitation systems is applied to the Erdos Eco- Town Project (EETP) in China for illustration. The EETP is the largest urban …

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2009 - Diverging Perceptions on communal sanitation facilities - A case study of Kibera slum. Mathenge, R. W. [788.73 KB]

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With the increase in population and rapid urbanization, they are expected to play an even greater role. The study aim was to gain insights on the users’ and the providers’ …

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2009 - Data Collection Tools - MajiData - Baseline Study Survey for development of a database on low income urban areas in Kenya. WSTF Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF), Kenya. [426.01 KB]

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MajiData is a database for water and sanitation information of low income urban areas that was officially launched in 2011. It is part of the H2.0 Initiative and receives financial …

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2008 - Europe’s sanitation problem - 20 million Europeans need access to safe and affordable sanitation. Buitenkamp, M., Stintzing, A. R. Women in Europe for a common future (WECF). [4.93 MB]

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As follow up of the high level European conference on January 29 in Brussels, the seminar “Europe’s Sanitation Problem” in the Stockholm World Water Week addressed the …

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2008 - Minutes and outcome of the WG 06, Dubendorf. SuSanA SuSanA. [31.79 KB]

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2008 - Toolkit for the 21st century urban sanitation planner. Murray, A., Dowall, D., Nelson, K., Ray, I. [80.84 KB]

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The United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. The designation is a call to action; it is an effort to incite innovation towards the …

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2008 - Solutions in Sanitation - Planning Principles. Müllegger, E., Lechner, M. Austrian Development Agency. [1.3 MB]

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This issue is not just about protection of natural resources and prevention of illnesses caused by insufficient sanitary facilities, but also about dignity and the right to use a …

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2008 - European Sanitation Policies and Practices in the International Year of Sanitation 2008 - Finding solutions for more than 20 million citizens of the European Union who lack safe and affordable sanitation. Buitenkamp, M., Wendland, C., Gabizon, S. WECF. [4.8 MB]

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As the official European opening of the International Year of Sanitation, 120 participants met in Brussels on the 29th of January 2008 to address the problem of more than 20 …

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2008 - Minutes and outcome of the WG 06, Durban. SuSanA SuSanA. [44.79 KB]

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2008 - Efficient nutrient management - A key component of ecological sanitation for the green olympics and long term sustainable maintenance of the olympic forest park. Germer, J. [2.14 MB]

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In connection with the 2008 Olympic Games an exceptionally large park, the Olympic Forest Park, is being established in the city of Beijing, China. In addition to hosting a …

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