This book attempts to address the various issues concerning bad sanitation conditions in India. Highlighting the shocking state of affairs with respect to toilets in India, especially for women and girls and those living in slums, it presents first-hand experience about how sanitation can best be built into city planning and made it central to good living.
Focusing on sustainability of toilets and sanitation, it describes in detail the management options and community participation, toilet norms and standards, toilet planning and design, and maintenance and management. It puts emphasis that toilet should be made a fundamental right.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A K Jain
A.K. Jain, an architect-town planner, is on the Advisory Board of the UN Habitat and is a fellow of the Eastern Asia Region Organisation for Planning and Housing (EAROPH), International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), Indian Institute of Architects, Institutes of Town Planners, and the Indian Buildings Congress. Also, he is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Studies (UK). As Commissioner he worked on the Master Plan for Delhi-2021, National Urban Housing Policy (2007) and National Transport Policy (2006) and several other planning, housing and infrastructure projects. Mr. Jain is a visiting faculty at Delhi School of Planning and Architecture.
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