Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries

Course Features

• Selected lecture notes
• Assignments: written with examples

Course Description

This course examines the policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. It reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. The course incorporates considerations of financing, pricing, institutional structure, consumer demand, and community participation in the planning process. And it evaluates policies and projects in case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Other OCW Versions

OCW has published multiple versions of this subject.

• 11.479J Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries (Spring 2007)

Archived versions:

• 11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries (Spring 2004)

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