Why is Access to Basic Services Not Inclusive? A Synthesis with a Special Focus on Developing Asia

Wan, Guanghua; Francisco, Ruth

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1512991

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“…Meanwhile, approximately 400 million Asians are deprived of safe drinking water. The situation is even worse for slum dwellers, who mostly have no access to piped water even if they are willing to pay (Wan and Francisco ). Also, rivers in Asia are heavily polluted, which adds to the growing scarcity of freshwater sources.…”

Section: Urbanisation In Asia: Unique Features and Environmental Chalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment

Wan¹,

Wang²

2014

Australian Economic Review

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Asia is home to almost half of the global urban population and is urbanising at a pace faster than any other region, leading to greater environmental challenges that are already serious. This article offers a balanced assessment on the relationship between urbanisation and the environment from the Asian perspective. It concludes that urbanisation is a cause of, but more importantly, a solution to environmental degradation. Policy-makers should take an optimistic and proactive, rather than conservative, approach to unprecedented urbanisation in Asia.

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Section: Urbanisation In Asia: Unique Features and Environmental Chalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment

Wan¹,

Wang²

2014

Australian Economic Review

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“…The situation is even worse for slum dwellers, who in many cases have no access to piped water supply even if they are willing and able to pay for it (Wan and Francisco 2009). To supply water to 400 million people requires huge investments that the countries may not be able to afford.…”

Section: Access To Clean Water and Sanitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is thus not surprising that many more urban residents have access to infrastructure and other services than rural residents (Wan andZhang 2011, ESCAP, ADB, andUNDP 2012). In other words, urbanization facilitates the supply of the relevant facilities and services to a larger share of the population.…”

Section: Urban Agglomeration Helps Improve the Environmentmentioning

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Urbanization in Asia

Sridhar¹,

Wan²

2014

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Why is Access to Basic Services Not Inclusive? A Synthesis with a Special Focus on Developing Asia

Cited by 2 publications

References 49 publications

Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment

Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment

Urbanization in Asia

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