Water for the Displaced Population's Health: An Urban - Rural Dichotomy Revisited

Alpaslan Őzerdem*, Sultan Barakat

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Abstract

This paper is a review and analysis of the health impacts of inadequate and unsafe water supplies on displaced populations. The investigation focuses on the overall health implications of the current praxis of water supply recovery and reconstruction, which is often biased towards urban areas, neglecting the water needs of those living in rural areas. Having explored a series of water quantity and quality issues, and their inter-relationship to public health, by comparing urban and rural settlements in the Tuzla Region of Bosnia-Herzegovina, this paper concludes that the overall strategy of responding to water needs of displaced populations requires equal attention and care to both urban and rural areas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16-21
Number of pages6
JournalRefuge
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2000
Externally publishedYes

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