GGR345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Informal Sector
Document Summary
Water and sanitation in cities in the south. 1 billion people who dont have acces to clean drinking water. 2. 5 billion people who dont have access to sanitation. More people in the world own cell phone sthen have access to sanitation. Its jsut a matter of nbot being able to have sanitation where htye live. Large scale agriculture takes up alot of water (70% of the worlds fresh water) 1 out of 4 children under the age of 5 are dying as a result of water contimination. 80% of those ill is due to water. Housing and gender housing is intimately related to water and many of those housings in slums have inadequate water access. In some places the rich pays less for water than those in poorrer areas because of where they live. its easeri to get acces for water. Example rich area gets water rather than in infoirmal settlements buying from street vendors.
