Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics

by Cairncross, Sandy; Feachem, Richard, Sir

• ISBN13: 9781844071906
• ISBN10: 1844071901
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-11-05
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

This fully updated third edition of a classic book, widely cited as the most important and useful volume for health engineering and disease prevention, describes infectious diseases in tropical and developing countries, and the measures that may be used effectively against them. The infections described include the diarrheal diseases, the common gut worms, guinea worm, schistosomiasis, malaria, bancroftian filariasis, and other mosquito borne infections. The environmental interventions that receive most attention are domestic water supplies and improved excreta disposal. Appropriate technology for these interventions, and also their impact on infectious diseases are documented in detail. This edition includes new sections on arsenic in groundwater supplies and arsenic removal technologies as well as new material in most chapters, including information on water supplies in developing countries and surface water drainage.

Table of Contents

Health and Pollution

Engineering and Infectious Disease

Health and Water Chemistry

Water Quality and Standards

Water Supply

Water Supplies in Developing Countries

Rural Water Supply

Urban Water Supply and Water Treatment

Excreta and Refuse: Treatment, Disposal and Re-Use

Excreta Disposal in Developing Countries

Types of Excreta Disposal System

Planning a Sanitation Program

Waste Water Treatment

Surface Water Drainage

Refuse Collection and Disposal

Composting

Health Aspects of Waste Re-use

Environmental Modifications and Vector-Borne Diseases

Engineering Control of Arthropod Vectors

Dams, Irrigation and Health

Schistosomiasis

Appendices

Index

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