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On Flood Occurrence And The Provision Of Safe Drinking Water In Developing Countries

In: Dynamic And Stochastic Approaches To The Environment And Economic Development

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  • Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

    (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)

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Developing countries in South Asia and elsewhere are frequently ravaged by floods. An important part of most flood management programs is the provision of safe drinking water (SDW) to prevent the spread of diseases. How should a government agency that is interested in distributing SDW to flood victims, go about its task? Further, how might this agency maximize the net social benefit from the provision of SDW? Finally, given that SDW is a particularly scarce commodity in a flood situation, how likely is it that this agency will be unable to meet the stochastic demand for SDW? In this chapter, we use queuing theory to shed light on these three questions regarding the disbursement of SDW to flood victims.

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  • Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, 2008. "On Flood Occurrence And The Provision Of Safe Drinking Water In Developing Countries," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Dynamic And Stochastic Approaches To The Environment And Economic Development, chapter 5, pages 79-86, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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