Managing water supply and sanitations in Emergencies

Author(s)
Adams, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
192pp
Date published
01 Jan 1999
Type
Books
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Contingency Planning, Disaster preparedness, Disaster risk reduction, Early warning, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Organisations
Oxfam
Link
http://oxfam.practicalactionpublishing.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=46713
The aim of this practical guide is to provide relief workers with a range of strategies for dealing with the environmental health problems they are likely to encounter in emergency situations. It sets out guidelines for good practice and promotes an approach to public-health engineering which aims to involve and strengthen the people affected by the emergency.