One of the major sources of unfettered urban population growth in South Asian cities is rural-urban migration, which leads to the creation of informal settlements. Inadequate urban services for the urban poor residing in slums and squatters have led to their ill health, lower productivity, reduced incomes and lower quality of life, often termed as the 'brown agenda'.Chronic shortage of sanitary services for the slum poor and their consequent environmental and health impacts are common phenomena in developing countries such as Bangladesh. This book is an outcome of a research which tries to...