Author: Marie-Helene Zerah
Publisher: Manohar
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 168
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8173043280
Description
Insufficient and inadequate infrastructure supply often hinders the economic Development of cities in Developing counties, despite large investments.This book based on a case study of Delhi high lights the qualitative dimensions of water supply for connected households, evaluating the consequences of an unreliable supply on households behaviour and estimating their costs.
Usually, the percentage of population with access to potable water is considered a relevant indicator of the progress achieved in supplying water. The validity of such a binary approach can be questioned, as reality is more complex. It presupposes that there are households with access to water and households without access to water, though the actual problem lies in the cost of access itself.
Contents
List of Tables
List of Maps and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgement
INTRODUCTION
Infrastructure and cities in developing countries
Access to water
The Indian context
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY IN CITIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The water supply sector in developing cities
Water supply in Indian cities
THE CONCEPT OF WATER SUPPLY UNRELIABILITY
Measurement of demand and cost of access to water
Unreliable water supply and the cost it entails to society
Case studies on water supply unreliability
WATER SUPPLY IN DELHI
Stating the problem
Financial difficulties and disparity of service
Solutions
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
Methodology
Characteristics of the surveyed households
THE UNRELIABLE NATURE OF WATER SUPPLY IN DELHI
The dimensions of water supply unreliability
The unreliability indicator
COMPENSATORY STRATEGIES
Typology and weight of compensatory strategies
Storage strategies
Pumping strategies
Adaptation strategies
Water collection from outside
Quantitative assessment of household autonomy
Qualitative strategies
THE ECONOMICS OF WATER SUPPLY UNRELIABILITY
The cost of the unreliability of water supply for households and for Delhi.
The household willingness to pay
The impact of unreliability on consumption
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX I: Survey Results
APPENDIX II: Water Supply Unreliability in Delhi
APPENDIX III: Compensatory Strategies Used by Household
APPENDIX IV: Costs of Water Supply Unreliability
APPENDIX V: Rupee Exchange Rate and List of Abbreviations
Bibliography