Essays about: "rural water and sanitation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 essays containing the words rural water and sanitation.

1. 21. Estimation of the possible waste reduction by the implementation of SODIS : A numerical-, experimental- and social study executed in Ghana

   University essay from Avdelningen för energi-, miljö- och byggteknik

   Author : Daniel Arvidsson; [2013]
   Keywords : SODIS waste reduction sustainable development; SODIS avfallsreducering hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : Lack of safe drinking water is one of the biggest humanitarian problems in the world today. Over one billion people in developing countries have no access to good quality drinking water, and subsequently, diarrhoea caused by unclean water leads to 1.8 million deaths of children under the age of five. READ MORE

3. 22. A Study of Whenci Woreda in West Showa Zone Ethiopia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Jenny Laesö Buch; [2012-10-04]
   Keywords : water; MDG; Ethiopia; water security; water accessibility; RADWQ; water quality and sanitary risk factors;

   Abstract : Even though access to water has been recognized as a human right and is important for human development, still in the year 2008 about 884 million people lacked access to improved water sources. Most of these people live in the developing regions of the world. This study will be focusing on an area in west Showa zone in Ethiopia. READ MORE

4. 23. Sustainable Housing for the Poor Facilitated by NGOs in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Högskoleingenjörsutbildning i byggteknik med arkitektur

   Author : Kristian Bergier; Josefine Törnquist; [2011]
   Keywords : multi-storey buildings; housing; climate; development; infrastracture; poverty; central america; costa rica; nicaragua; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The bachelor thesis contains a presentation of three NGOs working for sustainable housing and infrastructure development for the low-income families in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and the future prospect of introducing a wider range of multi-storey buildings. A high number of the Central American population live in densely populated slums in urban areas with harsh living conditions far below the poverty line. READ MORE

5. 24. Reuse of Grey water in Peri-urban areas in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Minor Field Study

   University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

   Author : Jakub Kocanda; Michael Kaguongo; [2010]
   Keywords : grey water; living wall; treatment system; purification; sanitation;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to understand and analyse the issues of grey water generation and disposal in peri-urban areas of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and to propose a suitable solution to which includes designing a treatment system for grey water (water from shower, washing and kitchen). The purification will eliminate the sanitation issues that are brought by exposing untreated grey water to the environment as well save freshwater. READ MORE

6. 25. Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Kenya : Reliability in a Variable and Changing Climate

   University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

   Author : Nelly Aroka; [2010]
   Keywords : Rainwater Harvesting; Rural; Climate; Variability; Reliability;

   Abstract : In many parts of the tropics irregular and erratic rainfall has great national economic as well as socio-economic effects. In Kenya, where a large part of the population live in rural areas and rainfed agriculture is the main livelihood, droughts and floods have farreaching impacts on communities. READ MORE