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  3. Increasing availability of low-cost sanitation options

Increasing availability of low-cost sanitation options

Implementation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends the making available of low-cost water-supply and sanitation technology choices.

Broader

Encouraging self-building of houses
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Assisting waste and recycling in the informal sector
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Increasing availability
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Improving options
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Improving hygienic behaviour patterns
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Facilitating use of low-cost waste management technology
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Narrower

Increasing information exchange on low cost sanitation
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Developing low-cost approach to improving drinking water supply
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Facilitated by

Terracing land
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Applying water tariffs reflecting cost of water
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Value

Unavailability
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Lowness
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Costliness
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Availability
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Reference

Pickford, John: Low-cost Sanitation: a sruvey of practical experience
Pickford, John et al: Affordable Water Supply and Sanitation

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and SanitationSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(E) Emanations of other strategies
Subject
  • Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
  • Societal problems » Hygiene
    • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024