Résumé :
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This book addresses itself squarely to this enormous problem. It is a guide to what has been learned about providing sanitation coverage for both rural and urban low-income communities, and outlines what is appropriate, practical and acceptable. The author, who has very extensive experience in many parts of the world, sets out to define "appropriate" sanitation and what constitutes "adequate" coverage, before undertaking a thorough examination of the health, social and cultural aspects and preferences in diverse regions of the world. Evidence is also given of the diseases which occur through lack of adequate sanitation provision, and the health benefits which result from it installation or upgrading. Sanitation alternatives are presented in terms of "technical" efficiency but also, always, in the light of cultural acceptability. The final part of the book deals which the practical, financial and organizational considerations of obtaining or upgrading sanitation provision, the emphasis being firmly on the community and its needs and preferences. (R. A.).
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