Decentralized wastewater treatment system for Lai Xa – Kim Chung Commune: A youth with a mission – mercy, relief, and development asia project in Vietnam

As Asian cities grow and develop, so too do the peri-urban areas surrounding these cities, where rural and urban aspects both play a role in the daily lives of citizens in these areas. However, these peri-urban areas often go largely unrecognized by city policymakers, who place emphasis on the urban city center for their development planning. This has resulted in some of these peri-urban areas gathering the ‘defects’ of development, such as large, polluting industries, landfills, and a lack of some of the essential infrastructure present in the city center, such as piped water or sewerage.

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