RUST INDIA

RUST is an Indian-UK research and impact consortium that aims to better understand and promote more integrated sanitation policy and planning between urban and rural areas in Indian cities. It will bring together research on sanitation practices, infrastructure, economic costs, institutional systems and ecosystem services to build an integrated picture of the urban and rural... is to reveal the extent to how rural and urban sanitation systems can be linked to drive safer (improved public health) and productive (improved economic benefits) sanitation systems in Indian cities. Working with local stakeholders this information will be used to identify the steps needed to promote more integrated sanitation policy across the urban-rural interface.