1 option
Sustainability and poverty alleviation : confronting environmental threats in Sindh, Pakistan / Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Santiago Enriquez, Bjorn Larsen, Peter Webster, and Javaid Afzal ; with contributions from Elena Strukova Golub, Hammad Raza, Mosuf Ali, and P.S. Rajani.
Lippincott Library HC440.5.Z7 S56 2015
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sánchez Triana, Ernesto, author.
- Series:
- Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Environment and sustainable development
- Directions in development: environment and sustainable development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development--Pakistan--Sindh.
- Sustainable development.
- Poor.
- Poverty.
- Sindh (Pakistan)--Environmental conditions.
- Sindh (Pakistan).
- Poverty--Pakistan--Sindh.
- Poor--Pakistan--Sindh.
- Sindh (Pakistan)--Economic conditions.
- Pakistan--Sindh.
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2015]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Responding to Sindh Province's Environmental and Climate Change Priorities 1
- Abstract 1
- Method 1
- Contents of This Book 3
- Chapter 2 Sindh Province's Priority Environmental Problems 5
- Abstract 5
- Introduction 5
- Ranking of Environmental Problems in Sindh Province 6
- Inadequate Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene 11
- Outdoor Air Pollution in Urban Areas 19
- Lead Exposure 24
- Road Traffic Accidents 30
- Road Traffic Noise in Urban Areas 34
- Household Air Pollution 38
- Conclusions 44
- Notes 46
- Bibliography 51
- Chapter 3 Benefits and Costs of Environmental Health Interventions 59
- Abstract 59
- Introduction 59
- Improving Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene 60
- Improving Outdoor Air Quality 65
- Controlling Household Air Pollution 72
- Conclusions 75
- Notes 76
- Bibliography 76
- Chapter 4 Natural Resource Degradation in Sindh Province 79
- Abstract 79
- Introduction 80
- Main Natural Resource Degradation and Natural Disaster Challenges in Sindh Province 80
- Loss of Productive Land Resulting from Seawater Intrusion 83
- Agricultural Losses Resulting from Salinity and Waterlogging 84
- Loss of Mangroves 85
- Loss of Fisheries 85
- Losses from Natural Disasters (Floods) 86
- Benefits and Costs of Interventions to Reduce Losses of Natural Resources in Sindh Province 88
- Sea-Level Rise in the Indus Watershed 97
- Prediction of Floods and Droughts in Pakistan 100
- Conclusions 122
- Notes 123
- Bibliography 124
- Chapter 5 Institutional Analysis of Sindh Province's Environmental Sector 127
- Abstract 127
- Introduction 128
- Institutional Framework for Environmental Regulation 128
- Analysis of Environmental Management Framework 129
- Conclusions and Recommendations 139
- Notes 141
- Bibliography 141
- Chapter 6 Policy Options to Strengthen Sindh Province's Environmental Management Framework 143
- Abstract 143
- Introduction 143
- Pakistan's Environmental Policy Framework 144
- Sindh Province: Environmental Policy Issues and Opportunities 146
- Conclusions 153
- Notes 155
- Bibliography 156
- Chapter 7 Conclusions and Outlook 159
- Abstract 159
- Introduction 159
- Sindh Province's Priority Environmental Problems 160
- Alternative Interventions to Address Priority Environmental Problems 162
- Policy Options for Strengthening Environmental Sustainability in Sindh Province 165
- Outlook 167
- Note 168
- Bibliography 168
- Chapter 8 Environmental Health Priorities for Sindh Province 171
- Abstract 171
- Health Valuation Methods 171
- Household Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene 172
- Household Water Supply 175
- Household Treatment of Drinking Water 180
- Household Sanitation 184
- Hand Washing with Soap 189
- Outdoor Air Pollution 192
- Household Air Pollution 197
- Notes 204
- Bibliography 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781464804526
- 1464804524
- OCLC:
- 920814881
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.