Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services – Evidence from Kampala, Uganda
Abstract Slums, one of the main faces of urban poverty, are escalating in Sub-Saharan countries and other developing countries. Achievement of the overly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals will require cross-sectoral interventions. A good example is the Multiple Use water Services (MUS) framework, a livelihood-centred approach that is implemented in rural areas of over twenty countries, where water supply primarily designed for domestic or irrigation purposes is also used for productive uses (e.g. animal husbandry) to improve householders' livelihoods. This paper reports on a study conducted in 2017/18 in Kampala (Uganda) which adapted the existing rural-based MUS framework into a slum-specific framework. The study found that using utility-supplied water for productive uses was predominant in the slums, albeit unrecognised by the water utility. Implementation of the slum-specific MUS framework will be effective only with the water utility's recognition/support, probably as part of its philanthropic portfolio. Livelihoods-based NGOs could provide further ‘software’ support.
Highlights The MUS approach has worked well in rural areas to provide water for domestic and productive uses for livelihood enhancement. Productive water uses are common in slums of cities in the developing world, but not recognised/supported by water utilities. The Kampala case study enabled co-development of a slum-specific MUS framework, which is feasible with the utility's support.
Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services – Evidence from Kampala, Uganda
Abstract Slums, one of the main faces of urban poverty, are escalating in Sub-Saharan countries and other developing countries. Achievement of the overly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals will require cross-sectoral interventions. A good example is the Multiple Use water Services (MUS) framework, a livelihood-centred approach that is implemented in rural areas of over twenty countries, where water supply primarily designed for domestic or irrigation purposes is also used for productive uses (e.g. animal husbandry) to improve householders' livelihoods. This paper reports on a study conducted in 2017/18 in Kampala (Uganda) which adapted the existing rural-based MUS framework into a slum-specific framework. The study found that using utility-supplied water for productive uses was predominant in the slums, albeit unrecognised by the water utility. Implementation of the slum-specific MUS framework will be effective only with the water utility's recognition/support, probably as part of its philanthropic portfolio. Livelihoods-based NGOs could provide further ‘software’ support.
Highlights The MUS approach has worked well in rural areas to provide water for domestic and productive uses for livelihood enhancement. Productive water uses are common in slums of cities in the developing world, but not recognised/supported by water utilities. The Kampala case study enabled co-development of a slum-specific MUS framework, which is feasible with the utility's support.
Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services – Evidence from Kampala, Uganda
Kayaga, Sam (Autor:in) / Fisher, Julie (Autor:in) / Goodall, Susie (Autor:in) / Kanyesigye, Christopher (Autor:in) / Kaggwa, Rose (Autor:in) / Nambiro, Maria (Autor:in) / Kitakufe, Ronald (Autor:in) / Otema, John Bosco (Autor:in) / Mafunguro, Ronald (Autor:in) / Ahabwe, Gerald (Autor:in)
Cities ; 102
02.04.2020
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
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