Cost recovery for urban sanitation in Asian countries: insurmountable barrier or opportunity for sustainability?

Abeysuriya, K; Mitchell, CA; Willetts, JR

Cost recovery for urban sanitation in Asian countries: insurmountable barrier or opportunity for sustainability?

Abeysuriya, K Mitchell, CA

Willetts, JR

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Publisher:: Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics Conference Proceedings, 2005, pp. 17 - 29
Issue Date:: 2005-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abeysuriya, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, CA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-540X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Willetts, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3975-9642	en_US
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dc.date	2005-12-11	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics Conference Proceedings, 2005, pp. 17 - 29	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0-473-10899-2	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/6703
dc.description.abstract	Urban sanitation and waste management services are in crisis in many Asian countries, attributed to a number of factors. In this paper we argue that the crisis is exacerbated by the application of inappropriate economic and technological models for urban sanitation. We examine why the dominant models, including full-cost pricing driven by neoclassical economics, are inappropriate in the context of Asian countries. On the basis of Ecological Economics and Buddhist Economics, we identify a set of principles for arriving at more sustainable solutions. Sanitation s role as a service for waste removal and disposal is expanded to a synergistic group of economically feasible services provided through cooperation between service providers, community and government. The STEEP framework is shown to be a useful way to tailor the sanitation options on the basis of contextual factors.	en_US
dc.publisher	Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics Conference Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Ecological Economics in Action	en_US
dc.title	Cost recovery for urban sanitation in Asian countries: insurmountable barrier or opportunity for sustainability?	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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Abstract:

Urban sanitation and waste management services are in crisis in many Asian countries, attributed to a number of factors. In this paper we argue that the crisis is exacerbated by the application of inappropriate economic and technological models for urban sanitation. We examine why the dominant models, including full-cost pricing driven by neoclassical economics, are inappropriate in the context of Asian countries. On the basis of Ecological Economics and Buddhist Economics, we identify a set of principles for arriving at more sustainable solutions. Sanitation s role as a service for waste removal and disposal is expanded to a synergistic group of economically feasible services provided through cooperation between service providers, community and government. The STEEP framework is shown to be a useful way to tailor the sanitation options on the basis of contextual factors.

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