Arsenic Mitigation in Rural Bangladesh A Policy-Mix for Supplying Safe Water in Badly Affected Areas of Meherpur District /

• Main Author: Akmam, Wardatul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 16
• Subjects: Social policy.; Environmental economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Environmental Economics.; Social Policy.

Based on micro-level empirical research, this book uniquely addresses the problem of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh in a comprehensive way. At the outset, the book puts forward the opinions of experts regarding the cause of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh, fo...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Opinions of Experts on the Cause of Contamination. Chapter 3: Social Survey in the Study Area
• Chapter 4: Available Safe Water Options
• Chapter 5:  A Model for Attaining Guidelines to Select Optimal Safe Water Option(S) and to Specify Their Locations
• Chapter 6: Simulation Results
• Chapter 7: Mechanisms To Convince People to Adopt Safe Water Options
• Chapter 8:  A System For Providing Safe Water
• Chapter 9:  Taranagar From 2000 To 2012: Changes in Arsenic Related Situation
• Chapter 10:  Conclusions
• Appendices.