关于此课程： This course will examine current conditions and trends in water and sanitation services in low and middle income countries. Within it we will take a critical look at the underlying political, economic, social, and technical reasons why almost a billion people lack access to improved water supplies and almost 2 billion still do not have improved sanitation services.
此课程适用人群： This course is aimed at Under Graduate and Post Graduate students with an interest in this topic area.
制作方： University of Manchester
教学方： Prof Dale Whittington, Professor
Manchester Business School
教学方： Dr Duncan Thomas, Lecturer
Alliance Manchester Business School
| 级别 | Beginner |
| 承诺学习时间 | 1-3 hours per week |
| 语言 | English |
| 如何通过 | 通过所有计分作业以完成课程。 |
| 用户评分 |
授课大纲
第 1 周
Introducing Key Facts about Water and Sanitation Services
7 视频, 3 阅读材料
- 视频: Welcome to the course - Introduction
- 视频: Video 0.1: Welcome to AMBS - Fiona Devine
- 视频: Video 1.0: Facts About Water
- Reading: More Detail
- 视频: Video 1.1: Global Water and Sanitation Coverage
- 视频: Video 1.2: Infrastructure Coverage (Electricity, Sewerage, Water, Telephone)
- 视频: Video 1.3: Forecasts of Coverage
- Reading: 'Conversation' of the week
- 视频: Video 1.4: Conversation with Clarissa Brocklehurst
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
已评分: Module 1
第 2 周
Understanding the Political Economy of Water
5 视频, 3 阅读材料
- Reading: Introduction
- 视频: Video 2.1: Outrage Versus Strategy?
- Reading: Moving on...
- 视频: Video 2.2: Types of Vendors, Vendor Prices
- 视频: Video 2.3: Money and Water Flows, Onitsha, Nigeria
- 视频: Video 2.4: An Introduction to Corruption
- 视频: Video 2.5: Corruption in South Asia
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
已评分: Module 2
第 3 周
Supply-Side Costs of Water and Sanitation Services
7 视频, 4 阅读材料
- Reading: Introduction
- 视频: Video 3.0: The Cost of Serving Households With Piped Networks
- 视频: Video 3.1: Solution to Cost Calculation
- Reading: More on costs
- 视频: Video 3.2: Cost Components and More on Costs
- 视频: Video 3.3: Costs of Non-Piped Technologies
- 视频: Video 3.4: Condominial sewers, desalination
- Reading: Interview with Donald T. Lauria
- 视频: Video 3.5: Conversation with Don Lauria - Part One
- 视频: Video 3.6: Conversation with Don Lauria - Part Two
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
已评分: Week 3: Quiz
第 4 周
Understanding Demand-Side Issues of Water Supply
6 视频, 3 阅读材料
- Reading: Introduction
- 视频: Video 4.1: Introduction to Modeling Household Water Demand
- 视频: Video 4.2: Households With Piped Connections, Price and Income Elasticities
- 视频: Video 4.3: Households With Water Sources Outside the Home
- 视频: Video 4.4: Household Demand for Drinking Water Quality Improvements
- 视频: Video 4.5: Effect of Social Norms on Household Water Use
- Reading: Marc Jeuland Interview
- 视频: Video 4.6: Conversation with Marc Jeuland
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
已评分: Module 4
第 5 周
Exploring Health Benefits and Climate Change Issues
6 视频, 4 阅读材料
- Reading: Introduction
- 视频: Video 5.1: Facts About Water and Health
- 视频: Video 5.2: Estimating the Economic Value of Health Benefits
- Reading: More Detail
- 视频: Video 5.3: Exercise on Health vs. Non-Health Benefits for Households With Water Sources Outside the Home
- 视频: Video 5.4: Climate Change, Water and Health
- 视频: Video 5.5: Effects of Climate Change on Water Utilities
- Reading: More Detail
- 视频: Video 5.6: Conversation with Clive Agnew
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
已评分: Module 5
第 6 周
Development Paths for Water and Sanitation Services
8 视频, 4 阅读材料
- Reading: Water Development Path (I)
- 视频: Video 6.0: Possible Solutions to the Water Development Paths Exercise
- Reading: Water Development Path (II)
- 视频: Video 6.1: A Historical Development Path – UK, London and Manchester
- 视频: Video 6.2: Changing Knowledge, Practices and Perceptions
- 视频: Video 6.3: Path Dependency
- 视频: Video 6.4: Changing Course
- 视频: Video 6.5: Capital intensity (England and Wales)
- Reading: More Detail
- 视频: Video 6.6: Conversation with Marie Hart
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- 视频: Video 6.7: Wrap-up and Reflections
- Reading: Readings List
已评分: A policy memo to propose four performance indicators to evaluate UNICEF water supply and sanitation programmes in Africa
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University of Manchester
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评分和审阅
all good content, though the formatting in the submission box limited, would prefer to just submit PDFs. Other than that, I got a lot out of it. .
Thanks
Gives you a great overview on the theory of WASH, not much on how to drill wells or installing pipes
A very good introduction to global WASH policy and many of the key issues and how to think about them. If I have one criticism is that the UK-stuff seems (which is also very interesting) seems like a forced marriage with the earlier content: I wonder how transferable the lessons learned from centuries of water and sanitation development in London can be usefully transferred to other contexts. Perhaps only to manage the expectations of what is realistically possible in accelerating or leap-frogging the development of water & sanitation services in modern cities in low and middle income countries.
JS
Good course to understand how water and sanitation sector works, and to learn, through the history and analysis ex-post, key issues to consider. It also give you some tools and new skills to improve your ability as a policy analyst.