Browsing Staff publications (SAS) by Author "Parker, Alison"

Browsing Staff publications (SAS) by Author "Parker, Alison"

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  • An assessment of microbiological water quality of six water source categories in north-east Uganda 
    Parker, Alison; Youlten, R.; Dillon, M.; Nussbaumer, T.; Carter, Richard C.; Tyrrel, Sean F.; Webster, James (Iwa Publishing, 2010-12-31)
    Target 7C of the Millennium Development Goals is to "halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation". However, the corresponding indicator measures the ...
  • Climate change, population trends and groundwater in Africa 
    Carter, Richard C.; Parker, Alison (Intl Assn of Hydrological Sciences Press, 2009-12-31)
    Global climate change is affecting Africa, as it is every other continent and region of the world. The absolute poverty of a large proportion of the continent's people renders them highly vulnerable to changes in climate. ...
  • Factors influencing the uptake of household water connections in peri-urban Maputo, Mozambique 
    Jimenez-Redal, Ruben; Parker, Alison; Jeffrey, Paul (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-03-31)
    Rapid urbanization in many African cities has had a significant impact on the basic water services in peri-urban areas, where providing services can be complex. In the city of Maputo, Mozambique, the initial uptake of new ...
  • A forward modeling approach for interpreting impeller flow logs 
    Parker, Alison; West, L. Jared; Odling, Noelle E.; Bown, Richard T. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2010-12-31)
    A rigorous and practical approach for interpretation of impeller flow log data to determine vertical variations in hydraulic conductivity is presented and applied to two well logs from a Chalk aquifer in England. Impeller ...
  • How to Climate Proof Water Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor 
    Heath, Tom; Parker, Alison; Weatherhead, E. K. (Cranfield University, 2010)
    This report is based upon a 10 month project assessing the vulnerability of WSUP (Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor) projects to climate change, converting climate change predictions into recommended adaptations. The ...
  • Tank costs for domestic rainwater harvesting in East Africa 
    Parker, Alison; Cruddas, Peter; Rowe, Nick; Carter, Richard; Webster, James (Thomas Telford, 2012-12-31)
    Rainwater harvesting from hard roofing can provide safe water to meet the basic domestic needs of several hundred million people in low-income countries. However, rainwater harvesting has a higher household cost than other ...
  • Testing a rapid climate change adaptation assessment for water and sanitation providers in informal settlements in three cities in sub-Saharan Africa 
    Heath, Tom; Parker, Alison; Weatherhead, E. K. (International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012-10-01)
    Climate change is expected to affect the poor in low- and middle-income countries most, particularly in the next few decades, through increased flooding and droughts. A very large number of these poor live in informal urban ...
  • Water safety plan implementation in East Africa: Motivations and barriers 
    Parker, Alison; Summerill, Corinna (Intermediate Technology Publications, 2013-04-30)
    Water safety plans (WSPs) are a comprehensive source-to-tap risk management approach that are recognized as the most effective way of ensuring drinking water safety. In East Africa there is only one utility implementing ...

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