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Water Infrastructure and Health in U.S. Cities
Regional Science and Urban Economics ( IF 2.438 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103674
Brian Beach

Between 1900 and 1930 typhoid fever and other waterborne diseases were largely eradicated from U.S. cities. This achievement required a mix of technological, scientific, economic, and bureaucratic innovations. This article examines how the interaction of those forces influenced water and sanitary infrastructure provision during the 19th and early 20th centuries. I document a sharp link between infrastructure investments and declines in waterborne disease and discuss how that relationship informs the methodological approaches one should use to assess the impact of sanitary investments on urban development. Finally, I review the literature on the social returns to eliminating the threat of waterborne disease. The evidence suggests the benefits of infrastructure investment far exceeded the costs.



中文翻译:

美国城市的水基础设施与健康

在1900年到1930年之间,美国城市基本消除了伤寒和其他水传疾病。这一成就需要技术,科学,经济和官僚创新的结合。本文研究了在19世纪和20世纪初,这些力量的相互作用如何影响水和卫生基础设施的提供。我记录了基础设施投资与水传播疾病的减少之间的紧密联系,并讨论了这种关系如何指导人们用来评估卫生投资对城市发展的影响的方法学方法。最后,我回顾了有关消除水传疾病威胁的社会回报的文献。有证据表明,基础设施投资的收益远远超过了成本。

更新日期:2021-04-19
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