Asian Water Supplies. Reaching the Urban Poor
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Author(s): A. C. McIntosh
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 9715613802
Format: softback
199pp
Price: £37.50, $63.75, €60
Review Date: 19 February 2004
Review: This is a guide and a source book on urban water supplies in Asia for governments, utilities, consultants, development agencies and nongovernmental organizations. The guide begins by identifying some myths, misconceptions and realities. It then looks at problems and solutions related to a number of important topics. Governance and tariffs are identified as both core problems and core solutions. A new approach to the development and management of water supplies is proposed that is based on transparent government policy and regulation and the involvement of civil society.