Water in Asian Cities

This is ADBs third publication of data on water utilities in Asia, which allows performance comparisons from 1990 through 2001 for 18 Asian cities (Chengdu, Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Ho Chi Minh City, Hongkong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Phnom Penh, Seul, sanghai, Tashkent, Ulaabaatar, and Vientiane). Inside are core benchmarking indicators on service levels, service quality, operational effeciency, adn financial management, as well as information on water resources management, policy and regualtion, private sector participation, small-scale water providers, wastewater and sanitation, and urban flood management. The book also present civil society's views on its in impriving water services in cities.