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The Future of Water in African Cities

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Qualitative

Qualitative

Qualitative

Qualitative

35. Existence of utility performance contract with government

36. Existence of regulator

37. Existence of water utility targets for access to services in informal settlements

38. Existence of river basin authority

Qualitative

33. Separation of business lines water-wastewater

Qualitative

Qualitative

32. Unbundling of bulk water production and distribution

34. Private de facto participation in water utility

Quantitative

31. Frequency of flood events

Type

Indicator

Variable

Table A3.1 (continued)

Flood hazard in river basin

Economic and institutional strength

Yes-No

Yes = 1 No = 0

Yes = 1 No = 0

Yes = 1 No = 0

Text

Text

Text

Number of events/100 years

Units

Dashboard

Comparative table

Index

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Existence of river basin authority within the basin the city abstracts its water for supply (and year of creation). Various sources (e.g., Volta River Authority; Zambezi River Basin Authority).

World Bank, Water Operators Partnership database.

At the national level. Source: Banerjee et al., 2008.

World Bank, Water Operators Partnership database.

Participation of private utilities for water or wastewater service provision (participation in at least one of the two). Source: Banerjee et al., 2008.

Separation of water and wastewater services from supply in urban area at national level. Source: Banerjee et al., 2008.

Two different entities responsible for bulk water production and distribution at national level. Source: Banerjee et al., 2008.

Estimate of flood frequency as the expected average number of events per 100 years (hydrologic model of peak-flow magnitude). Sources: UNEP/GRID-Europe PREVIEW flood data set; Strzepek et al., 2011; Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Dartmouth College.

Notes and sources


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