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Rural-Urban Transformations and Wastewater Management

This project examined what service delivery options work for the urban and peri-urban poor and why.

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Supporting an initiative led by UNESCO-IHE, this short desk-study examined what service delivery options work for the urban and peri-urban poor and why. The project included two major outputs: an online course on urban sanitation policy and management in developing countries and a book entitled Peri-Urban Water and Sanitation Services. Policy, Planning and Method, edited by M. Kurian and P. McCarney and published by Springer in 2010.

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