Saravanan V S

How do income levels affect water-borne diseases?

There is lack of crucial information on how urban water infrastructure influences and transforms the flow of water leading to the emergence of diseases in the process.

Mavalankar D

Kulkarni S

Nussbaum S

Weigelt M

Posted on 25 Jan, 2015 05:18 PM

Urban water infrastructure has an important role to play in public health, and includes built networks that facilitate the flow and exchange of water over space.

An illegal settlement (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Global change, wastewater and health in fast growing economies - Paper published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

This paper published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability draws attention to the serious issue of poor water quality in the developing economies.

Janos J Bogardi

Peter P Mollinga

Posted on 02 Feb, 2012 11:35 AM

It argues that among the water challenges in the 21st century, the water quality health nexus is one of the most serious challenges that will need to be addressed at an urgent level.The paper directs attention at the rapid and unequal growth and development patterns emerging in developing economies and the impact of this development on the environment and human populations. The paper directs attention to the negative impact of this development on one of the important natural resources such as water and the linkages between water quality and public health of populations.

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