Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
A short history of the unmentionable -- Runaway urbanization and the rediscovery of filth -- In dignity and health -- Pit stops : the expanding technological menu -- Selling sanitation to new users -- Shitty livelihoods, or what? -- Bringing on the new sanitary revolution |
Summary |
Except in schoolboy jokes, the subject of human waste is rarely aired. We talk about 'water-related' diseases when most are sanitation-related - in short, we don't mention the shit. A century and a half ago, a long, hot summer reduced the Thames flowing past the UK Houses of Parliament to a 'Great Stink', thereby inducing MPs to legislate sanitary reform. Today, another sanitary reformation is needed, one that manages to spread cheaper and simpler systems to people everywhere. In the byways of the developing world, much is quietly happening on the excretory frontier. In 2008, the International Y |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sanitation.
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Water -- Waste.
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Sewage.
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Public toilets.
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World health.
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Sewage
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Communicable Disease Control
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Feces -- microbiology
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Toilet Facilities
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Waste Management -- history
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Global Health
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Sanitation
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comfort stations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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World health
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Water -- Waste
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Sewage
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Public toilets
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Sanitation
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Sanitäranlage
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Wasserverschmutzung
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Infektionskrankheit
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Gesundheitsförderung
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Abwasserreinigung
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Komposttoilette
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Entwicklungsländer
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fawcett, Ben
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ISBN |
9781849776325 |
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1849776326 |
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9781136532924 |
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1136532927 |
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