Projektnummer

0064887

Zusammenfassung

The continued expansion of slum areas to currently about 30% of the population in developing countries presents an immense challenge to urban planning capacities. It has led to the permanent retreat of the state and its public services, such as water provision, from these areas. Vulnerable populations in slums are especially at risk of experiencing highly deficient water supply and sanitation, threatening the pursuit of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6 ("clean water and sanitation for all"). In order to extend essential water supply services into urban slums, the society of the ...