What is Urban Sanitation?
Urban sanitation is a form of sanitation which focuses on maintaining sanitary conditions in urban environments. Many people think specifically of the collection, treatment, and disposal of human waste when they hear the words “urban sanitation,” but sanitation in urban environments is a much more complex system. Sanitation is an especially pressing issue in slums, where crowded conditions and poor sanitation contribute to frequent outbreaks of disease which threaten the inhabitants of slums in addition to exposing other city residents to health risks.
