Social Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India: Meeting Unmet Needs

— —

Shubhagato Dasgupta (Centre for Policy Research) Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay (Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi)

Social Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India

Meeting Unmet Needs

Shubhagato Dasgupta (Centre for Policy Research), Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay (Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi), Anju Dwivedi (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi) , Sumona Das Gupta (PRIA, New Delhi, India)

$83.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge India
08 October 2024

Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning

This book discusses effective social innovation strategies facilitated by civil society organisations (CSOs) to tackle India’s significant urban sanitation challenge. It presents the contours of an ecosystem that includes citizen participation and strengthening community-managed systems for improved sanitation and public health.

The book analyses case studies of effective sanitation programmes as well as experiments with innovative ideas in different regional contexts by CSOs to meet the contextual needs of the community and to ensure access to safe sanitation, especially among the urban poor. It highlights the challenges and the need for active participation of communities for change in behaviour, increasing institutional capacities of municipalities for standardising and scaling up strategies which work. The authors highlight the need for designing low-cost solutions, organising informal sanitation workers, serving marginalised communities and building effective alliances between communities and institutions to influence public policy.

Rich in empirical data, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of urban studies, public policy, governance, political science, development studies and sociology as well as for CSOs and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on urban sanitation, urban planning and public policy.

By: Shubhagato Dasgupta (Centre for Policy Research), Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay (Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi), Anju Dwivedi (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi), Sumona Das Gupta (PRIA, New Delhi, India), Ms Bharti (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India)
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9781032053363
ISBN 10: 1032053364
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shubhagato Dasgupta is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Director of the Scaling City Institutions for India (SCI-FI) Sanitation initiative, New Delhi, India. Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay is the Director at the Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), New Delhi, India. Anju Dwivedi is Associate Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi, India. Sumona Das Gupta is an Independent Researcher, New Delhi, India. Bharti is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi, India.