Abstract:
The dominant policy decision emphasis on urbanisation problem in developing countries is its
rate of growth, ignoring the level of provision of resources, including the infrastructure, to match this growth. It is against this background that the paper undertook a broad analysis of the state of infrastructure in developing countries using such indices as access and quality of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management, to explore how their provision and improvements over time could gradually match the rate of urbanisation. Extensive literature review was adopted for data collection in articles and journals which were analysized using content analysis technique. There is
significant proportion of population using unimproved drinking water sources (42%), unimproved sanitation facilities (50%) and without access to designated waste disposal sites (44%). Water, sanitation and hygiene are key to improving health and development. Providing sustainable access to these infrastructures is the most important things that can be done to reduce disease and improve human development.
Machine summary:
"It is against this background that the paper undertook a broad analysis of the state of infrastructure in developing countries using such indices as access and quality of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management, to explore how their provision and improvements over time could gradually match the rate of urbanisation.
Rapid urban growth throughout the developing world has seriously outstripped the capacity of most cities to provide adequate basic infrastructures, especially water supply and improve services like waste management and sanitation for their citizens.
Specifically, due to its health effects on human living, a broad analysis of the state of infrastructure using such indices as access and quality of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management, is then undertaken and ended with articulation of ways and means considered helpful to improving the state of urban infrastructure in the developing countries.
As developing world cities continued to grow both in size and population in the last two decades, their declining economic situation led to a slide in the supply of basic with insufficient access to clean drinking water, inadequate sewerage facilities, and insufficient solid waste disposal.
The state of urban infrastructure in developing countries shows that a significant proportion of the population use unimproved drinking water sources, unimproved sanitation facilities and use any available open spaces/dumps for waste disposal."