Barbara Evans
School of Civil Engineering
Barbara Evans is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering whose research activities centre on sanitation in developing countries. Ms Evans’ research includes sanitation in low income urban communities, rural sanitation and water/sanitation in cities and towns.
Within these areas, particular emphasis is placed on the development of effective strategies for management and disposal of faecal sludge, historical investment patterns in dry and water - borne sanitation in the UK, alternatives to conventional water borne sewerage in dense urban area, effectiveness of rural sanitation programmes, sustainability and equity in community-wide approaches which eliminate open defecation, health impacts of open defecation practices, technologies and institutions to link community sanitation and water investments with city networks.
Ms Evans worked in industry and at the World Bank for fourteen years before becoming an independent consultant civil engineer in 2001. She joined the University in 2009.
Barbara Evans
School of Civil Engineering
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 1990
Email: b.e.evans@leeds.ac.uk
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