WEDC Research Projects

Purpose

The Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) focuses its research on solutions for people in low- and middle-income countries in the fields of water, sanitation, vulnerability, emergency and conflict

Activities

WEDC focuses its research on solutions for people in low- and middle-income countries, helping to provide evidence-based answers to important questions – not only about what needs to be done to improve basic infrastructure and essential services – but also how to go about it. Knowledge is central to progress. It's not just the generation of new knowledge through research, but using existing knowledge to the full, and working seriously on dissemination and uptake. WEDC's research work ranges from studies of specific technical problems to those that integrate multi-disciplinary perspectives: social, health, technical, economic, financial, institutional, and environmental.

- Research projects on sanitation
- Research projects on water, sanitation and vulnerability
- Research projects on emergency and conflict
- WEDC Knowledge Base (extensive library)

Countries of activity

Location of main activity

Further information

WEDC is based at Loughborough University

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Camps (emergency or longer term) Capacity development Community sanitation Emergency and reconstruction Enabling environment and institutional strengthening Europe & Central Asia Faecal sludge treatment processes Global Operation, maintenance and sustainable services Other funding source or unspecified Political processes and institutional aspects Technology comparisons Treatment of wastewater or greywater UK government University, education or research institution Urban informal settlements (slums)

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