Acknowledgements to Peer Reviewers
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“rapid urbanization in Africa has placed enormous pressure on the continent’s urban
water supplies, and obviously this will likely be accentuated by the negative effects
of climate change and its impact on freshwater resources. Effective solutions to
urban Africa’s water challenges can only succeed by improving water and sanitation infrastructure and by promoting integrated water and sanitation management…
Viable solutions must be devised at the local level through a participatory approach
involving all stakeholders. Indeed, community-based strategies including basic engineering to apply ecological principles and practices (for example, wastewater treatment and basic recycling of solid waste) is essential for addressing urban Africa’s
most acute water-related problems, especially in cities’ most impoverished areas.”
Salif Diop, from an interview provided to TWAS (The world academy of sciences
for the advancement of science in developing countries) at the occasion of the World
Water Day dedicated to Water and Cities—28 March 2011.
xvii
“rapid urbanization in Africa has placed enormous pressure on the continent’s urban
water supplies, and obviously this will likely be accentuated by the negative effects
of climate change and its impact on freshwater resources. Effective solutions to
urban Africa’s water challenges can only succeed by improving water and sanitation infrastructure and by promoting integrated water and sanitation management…
Viable solutions must be devised at the local level through a participatory approach
involving all stakeholders. Indeed, community-based strategies including basic engineering to apply ecological principles and practices (for example, wastewater treatment and basic recycling of solid waste) is essential for addressing urban Africa’s
most acute water-related problems, especially in cities’ most impoverished areas.”
Salif Diop, from an interview provided to TWAS (The world academy of sciences
for the advancement of science in developing countries) at the occasion of the World
Water Day dedicated to Water and Cities—28 March 2011.