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Strategy on sanitation for high risk communities - identification and planning : proceedings of the 1st international workshop on strategy on sanitation for high risk communities; identification and planning, 30th March 2000, Lausanne, Switzerland

Proceedings of a joint WHO and EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) workshop, consisting of seven chapters and an appendix.

TitleStrategy on sanitation for high risk communities - identification and planning : proceedings of the 1st international workshop on strategy on sanitation for high risk communities; identification and planning, 30th March 2000, Lausanne, Switzerland
Publication TypeConference Report
Year of Publication2000
AuthorsGenske, D, Heinrich, K, Hueb, JA
Paginationiv, 114 p. : fig., tab.
Date Published2000-06-01
PublisherLeylakitap
Place PublishedBern, Switzerland
ISBN Number3952207810
Keywordsafghanistan kabul, albania, burkina faso ouagadougou, case studies, communication, engineering, evaluation, gender, mali niono, nepal kathmandu valley, peri-urban communities, policies, public health, remote sensing, sanitation, sdipol, sdisan
Abstract

Proceedings of a joint WHO and EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) workshop, consisting of seven chapters and an appendix.
Chapter 1: Reflections on high risk communities by K. Heinrich of EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Chapter 2: Case studies:
- Towards sustainable environmental health in Albania, by S. Abramowski, F. Bouvet, & D. Genske of EPFL, EGS, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Reducing waste water problems in low-income semi-urban communities in Kathmandu Valley, by E. Bolt of IRC, Delft, The Netherlands.
- A strategic response to urban sanitation in a wartorn city (Kabul, Afghanistan), by P. Jansen of ICRC
- Potential health risk assessment as a possible approach for planning remedial actions in HRC - the case of Niono, Mali, by A. Montangero, M. Strauss, EAWAG/SANDEC
- Identification of diarrhoea high risk areas in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), by G. Cissé, CSRS.
Chapter 3: Aspects of identification and evaluation:
- Urban aerial sanitary diagnostics for HRC, by K. Heinrich & C. Briod, EPFL, EGS
- HRC's evaluation and qualification (priority ranking) and sanitation strategy comparison using Multiple Criteria Decision Aid (MCDA), by D. Bolliinger, Bureau AD.
Chapter 4: Aspects of engineering:
- Humanitarian Charter and minimum standards in disaster response (minimum standards in water supply and sanitation). The Sphere Project: a programme of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response & InterAction with VOIDCE, ICRC, ICVA. The water supply and sanitation -minimum standards- part can be found on the Internet at http://www.sphereproject.org/handbook/watsan.htm
Chapter 5: Aspects of communication:
- Water talk - intercultural development communication, by D. Genske, EPFL, EGS & E. Hess-Lüttich, Univ. Berne.
Chapter 6: Aspects of gender:
- Gender and sanitation, by E. Bolt, IRC, Delft, The Netherlands
Chapter 7: Discussion / epilogue:
- Des conditions sanitaires décentes pourraient changer la face du monde, by B. Fournie, EPF, Lausanne
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