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Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank Group.
- Series:
- Other Infrastructure Study.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Other Infrastructure Study
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drought Management.
- Flood Control.
- Hazard Risk Management.
- Infrastructure Economics.
- Infrastructure Economics and Finance.
- Urban Development.
- Water Resources.
- Water Supply and Sanitation.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Economics.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions.
- Local Subjects:
- Drought Management.
- Flood Control.
- Hazard Risk Management.
- Infrastructure Economics.
- Infrastructure Economics and Finance.
- Urban Development.
- Water Resources.
- Water Supply and Sanitation.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Economics.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions.
- Other Title:
- Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2018.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Natural disasters have increasingly damaged water supply and sanitation (WSS) facilities and infrastructure, leaving entire communities without safe and reliable drinking water and the appropriate disposal of wastewater. These emergency events could arise from inundation of facilities, loss of electricity, and exposure and disruption of infrastructures. Less severe impacts can arise from increased siltation of reservoirs and slow-onset events such as droughts, thus having longer-term effects on the resilience and reliability of services. These WSS service failures or interruptions could set off a cascading effect across interconnected infrastructure systems including public health and fire services, which in turn could pose both direct and indirect economic impacts. Japan has built the resilience of its WSS services through an adaptive management approach based on lessons learned from past natural disasters. This experience offers key insights for low- and middle-income countries seeking to sustain and build resilience of WSS services.
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