Dynamics of Rural Water Supply in Coastal Kerala: A Sustainable Development View
Published By: CDS on eSS | Published Date: June, 27 , 2008This paper examines empirically within sustainable development
framework the dynamics of coverage in rural drinking water supply of
180 demand-driven schemes from Malappuram, predominantly a coastal
district of Kerala State. The methodology for the analysis comprised (i)
multidimensional specification of sustainability in terms of attributes
relating to source, technology, quality, finance, institution and hygiene
behaviour and (ii) estimation of the degree of sustainability using models
of vagueness. Two methods of ‘vagueness’ viz. ‘supervaluationism’ and
‘fuzzy inference system’ were applied to identify systems that are at or
below the sustainability line. [WP No. 402].
Author(s): K Pushpangadan, G Murugan | Posted on: Oct 27, 2008 | Views(1980) | Download (898)