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UN-HABITAT
Local Leadership Programme : Information Nexus for Sustainable Development |
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As of January 1, 002, United Nations Center for Human Settlements ( Habitat)
and its governing body were elevated to a fully fledged United Nations
Human Settlement Programme, known as UN-HABITAT.
UN-HABITAT is now in a better position to help governments and other
partners otr implement the Habitat Agenda, and to meet the Millennium
Declaration's goal of improving the lives of 100 million slum dwellers
by the year 2020. |
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Sanitation
for Urban Poor |
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The programme of construction of community
toilet blocks in slums had been undertaken by the PMC for more than 30 years.
However, considering the magnitude of the problem, the number of blocks
built was miniscule. Secondly, costs were high because of the involvement
of contractors. Thirdly, in the absence of community involvement at any
stage, existing toilet blocks fell into disuse, became diapidated and municipal
conservancy staff could not maintain them. As a result, people had to suffer
the indignity of having to defecate in the open and the incidence of diseases
like diarrhoea was higher in slum areas. The surrounding environment was
polluted, leading to the spread of other diseases. |
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Water
Demand Management |
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Fukuoka, Japan |
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City administration was unable to keep up
with demand for water due to rapid urbanization |
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Pollution |
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Chengdu, China |
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School children demanded the comprehensive
rehabilitation of the Fu and Nan rivers |
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Water
Management |
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Fresh Water Management and Environmental Improvement,
China |
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Partnerships formulation & citizen participation
in large-scale clean-up in China. |
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Sulabh-
Public Toilet Linked Biogas Plants |
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Only 20% rural population in India has sanitation
facility available.Urban areas in India have 63% sanitation coverage.The
Sulabh scheme implemented over 4500, self-sustained pay and use public tiolet
complexes |
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Orangi
Pilot Project |
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Many government-sponsored initiatives to regularise
squatter settlements have failed because of opposition by administrators
and land owners. Frustrated by lack of progress, a local non-governmental
organization launched the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) in 1980. The community
of Orangi, the largest squatter settlement in Karachi, decided that the
installation of sewerage was their highest priority. |
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Health
Through Sanitation and Water |
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The HESAWA programme began in 1985 on the basis
of a Specific Agreement between Tanzania and Sweden on cooperation concerning
rural water supply, environmental sanitation and health education. The programme
area covers the Lake Zone, made up of Kagera, Mara and Mwanza regions, which
border Lake Victoria |
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