1. Reducing urban and industrial pollution in Russia
- Author:
- Steve Gale
- Publication Date:
- 02-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United States Agency for International Development
- Abstract:
- A USAID wastewater treatment project improved Moscow's drinking water and its companion watershed development project advanced environmental education in the districts near Moscow. A third project in Volgograd failed to build a viable air quality monitoring program to curb pollution. Sustainability and replicability were undercut by failure to plan for replication from the outset and promotion of state-of-the-art (rather than appropriate) technology. Lack of good baseline data and the inability to distinguish results stemming from the projects from those related to the economic downturn made independent assessment of project effectiveness difficult.
- Topic:
- Environment, Human Welfare, and Science and Technology
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Europe, Asia, and Moscow