 | Technologies for the Provision of Basic Infrastructure in Low-income Settlements (HABITAT) |
 |  | Acknowledgements |
| | Foreword |
| | Executive summary |
|  | Introduction |
| | A. Background |
| | B. Purpose and scope of the review |
| | I. Characteristics of low-income settlements |
| | A. Basic definition |
| | B. Socio-cultural aspects |
| | C. Economic aspects |
| | D. Physical and infrastructural aspects |
| | E. Health and education aspects |
| | II. Requirements for infrastructure and services in low-income settlements |
| | A. Water supply |
| | B. Sanitation (human-waste disposal) |
| | C. Solid wastes |
| | D. Energy |
| | E. Transport, roads and footpaths |
| | F. Health and education |
| | G. The integrated approach |
| | III. The magnitude of the problem in developing regions |
| | A. Underserved populations |
| | B. Required investments |
| | C. Competition for funds |
| | IV. Institutional and social aspects of the provision of infrastructure services in low-income settlements |
| | A. Agencies involved |
| | B. Institutional policies and criteria for infrastructure projects |
| | C. National agencies and their- coordination |
| | D. Informal participants |
| | V. Appropriate infrastructure technology for low-income settlements |
| | A. Aims |
| | B. Water-supply technology |
| | C. Sanitation technology |
| | D. Solid-waste management characteristics solid waste |
| | Vl. Costs of infrastructure |
| | A. General considerations |
| | B. The cost of water supply |
| | C. The cost of sanitation |
| | D. The cost of solid-waste management |
| | VII. Financing infrastructure projects |
| | A. Financial mechanisms |
| | B. Water pricing |
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