Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Level of Urban Infrastructure Services and Coping Mechanisms of Households

Level of Urban Infrastructure Services and Coping Mechanisms of Households

Ankush Mishra
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781799883319|ISBN10: 1799883310|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799883326|EISBN13: 9781799883333
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8331-9.ch005
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Mishra, Ankush. "Level of Urban Infrastructure Services and Coping Mechanisms of Households." Addressing Environmental Challenges Through Spatial Planning, edited by Athar Hussain, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 75-89. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8331-9.ch005

APA

Mishra, A. (2022). Level of Urban Infrastructure Services and Coping Mechanisms of Households. In A. Hussain, K. Tiwari, & A. Gupta (Eds.), Addressing Environmental Challenges Through Spatial Planning (pp. 75-89). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8331-9.ch005

Chicago

Mishra, Ankush. "Level of Urban Infrastructure Services and Coping Mechanisms of Households." In Addressing Environmental Challenges Through Spatial Planning, edited by Athar Hussain, Kailash Chandra Tiwari, and Alpana Gupta, 75-89. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8331-9.ch005

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Basic infrastructure services like clean water, proper sewage and sanitation, etc. are important attributes in urbanization of a city to make it healthy, livable, and sustainable. Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aims to ensure clean water and sanitation for all. Access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation facilities are crucial requirements for good health. Issues like intermittent supply, poor water quality, and low-pressure cause unreliable situations due to which community members resort to various coping strategies. Coping strategies are influenced by the household's level of education, income, and the level of unreliability of the service. The coping mechanisms used by the households are costly, and the poor people end up paying more because of the hidden cost. The poor water supply services result in induced costs by the residents in terms of the time costs for water collection and illness due to disease and water treatment costs. Because of these induced costs, the urban poor end up spending more for a clean and reliable water supply.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.