Об этом курсе: Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation. We look forward to you joining us. We want to help you develop the skills you need to address this major global challenge of the 21st century. Our course has informative video lectures and guest interviews with leading water policy scholars and practitioners. We will provide you with discussion forum topic prompts, which will invite you to engage with other learners from around the globe. Our MOOC will also ask you to attempt weekly quizzes and a challenging assignment that tackles a real water and sanitation problem in a difficult setting. Please watch this trailer: https://youtu.be/Q-HmaCZNd0k
Для кого этот курс: This course is aimed at Under Graduate and Post Graduate students with an interest in this topic area.
Преподаватели: Prof Dale Whittington, Professor
Manchester Business School
Преподаватели: Dr Duncan Thomas, Lecturer
Alliance Manchester Business School
| Уровень | Beginner |
| Выполнение | 1-3 hours per week |
| Язык | English |
| Как пройти курс | Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания. |
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- Видео: Video 0.1: Welcome to AMBS - Fiona Devine
- Видео: Video 1.0: Facts About Water
- Reading: More Detail
- Видео: Video 1.1: Global Water and Sanitation Coverage
- Видео: Video 1.2: Infrastructure Coverage (Electricity, Sewerage, Water, Telephone)
- Видео: Video 1.3: Forecasts of Coverage
- Reading: 'Conversation' of the week
- Видео: Video 1.4: Conversation with Clarissa Brocklehurst
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
- Reading: Introduction
- Reading: Moving on...
- Видео: Video 2.2: Types of Vendors, Vendor Prices
- Видео: Video 2.3: Money and Water Flows, Onitsha, Nigeria
- Видео: Video 2.4: An Introduction to Corruption
- Видео: Video 2.5: Corruption in South Asia
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
- Reading: Introduction
- Видео: Video 3.1: Solution to Cost Calculation
- Reading: More on costs
- Видео: Video 3.2: Cost Components and More on Costs
- Видео: Video 3.3: Costs of Non-Piped Technologies
- Видео: Video 3.4: Condominial sewers, desalination
- Reading: Interview with Donald T. Lauria
- Видео: Video 3.5: Conversation with Don Lauria - Part One
- Видео: Video 3.6: Conversation with Don Lauria - Part Two
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
- Reading: Introduction
- Видео: Video 4.2: Households With Piped Connections, Price and Income Elasticities
- Видео: Video 4.3: Households With Water Sources Outside the Home
- Видео: Video 4.4: Household Demand for Drinking Water Quality Improvements
- Видео: Video 4.5: Effect of Social Norms on Household Water Use
- Reading: Marc Jeuland Interview
- Видео: Video 4.6: Conversation with Marc Jeuland
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
- Reading: Introduction
- Видео: Video 5.2: Estimating the Economic Value of Health Benefits
- Reading: More Detail
- Видео: Video 5.3: Exercise on Health vs. Non-Health Benefits for Households With Water Sources Outside the Home
- Видео: Video 5.4: Climate Change, Water and Health
- Видео: Video 5.5: Effects of Climate Change on Water Utilities
- Reading: More Detail
- Видео: Video 5.6: Conversation with Clive Agnew
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Reading: Readings List and Wrap-up
- Reading: Water Development Path (I)
- Reading: Water Development Path (II)
- Видео: Video 6.1: A Historical Development Path – UK, London and Manchester
- Видео: Video 6.2: Changing Knowledge, Practices and Perceptions
- Видео: Video 6.3: Path Dependency
- Видео: Video 6.4: Changing Course
- Видео: Video 6.5: Capital intensity (England and Wales)
- Reading: More Detail
- Видео: Video 6.6: Conversation with Marie Hart
- Discussion Prompt: This Week
- Видео: Video 6.7: Wrap-up and Reflections
- Reading: Readings List
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all good content, though the formatting in the submission box limited, would prefer to just submit PDFs. Other than that, I got a lot out of it. .
Thanks
Gives you a great overview on the theory of WASH, not much on how to drill wells or installing pipes
A very good introduction to global WASH policy and many of the key issues and how to think about them. If I have one criticism is that the UK-stuff seems (which is also very interesting) seems like a forced marriage with the earlier content: I wonder how transferable the lessons learned from centuries of water and sanitation development in London can be usefully transferred to other contexts. Perhaps only to manage the expectations of what is realistically possible in accelerating or leap-frogging the development of water & sanitation services in modern cities in low and middle income countries.
JS
Good course to understand how water and sanitation sector works, and to learn, through the history and analysis ex-post, key issues to consider. It also give you some tools and new skills to improve your ability as a policy analyst.