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Local actions for sustainable development : water and sanitation in Asia-Pacific Region.
Lippincott Library HD1698.A1 L63 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Asia.
- Water-supply.
- Water resources development--Asia.
- Water resources development.
- Sanitation--Asia.
- Sanitation.
- Community development--Asia.
- Community development.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Local actions for sustainable development on water and sanitation in Asia-Pacific Region
- Place of Publication:
- Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Human Settlements Programme, [2007]
- Summary:
- This volume has been prepared in support of the "Vision 2020" document on "Delivery of the MDGs [Millennium Development Goals] for Water and Sanitation in the Asia-Pacific Region" prepared by UN-HABITAT, the Asian Development Bank, the Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank, WaterAid London, the Gender and Water Alliance in the Netherlands, the Asia-Pacific Water Forum in Japan, and the Government of India. It describes 58 local actions being practiced in 27 nations of the Asia Pacific that have been designed to promote, at the city level, pro-poor water and sanitation governance; integrated policy, planning, and management; appropriate technologies; community-managed initiatives and awareness; gender mainstreaming and empowerment; innovative financing; and human values-based water, sanitation, and hygiene education. Distributed in the US by United Nations Publications. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- "HS Number: HS/942/07E"--P. [2] of cover.
- ISBN:
- 9789211319187
- 9211319188
- OCLC:
- 233544045
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