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User Perception and Assessment of Existing Public Toilets in Jessore, Bangladesh
Public toilets are considered an important part of city life. However, access to public toilets is essential in any community. The community's daily activities are severely disrupted if public toilets are unused. This paper deals with the present condition of existing public toilets and user perception of Jessore Paurashava. It was found that except for PT2 and PT5, the rest of the area's public toilets were not clean enough; structural maintenance was not done routinely; flushing equipment was broken and dysfunctional. Only PT2 and PT3 were well maintained, including basin, mirror, and handwash facilities. Four public toilets’ physical conditions were moderate, whereas two were poor. The internal consistency of a questionnaire for questionnaire survey was found to be “excellent” (Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient = 0.929). Around 61% of public toilet users use public toilets rarely, and most (68%) of the user lives within a 1 km radius of a public toilet. Most of the users agreed that the security of the surrounding environment (55%), service charge (58%), indoor light (61%), water availability (61%), odor (56%), and ventilation (66%) were satisfactory. From an In-Depth Interview (IDI) of caretakers, it was found that caretakers were not paid enough and were dissatisfied with the payment. The caretaker arranged cleaning materials, cleaned the toilet without additional payment, and worked for around 18 h in all public toilets except PT2. There was no arrangement of training regarding cleaning, safety, and emergency.
User Perception and Assessment of Existing Public Toilets in Jessore, Bangladesh
Public toilets are considered an important part of city life. However, access to public toilets is essential in any community. The community's daily activities are severely disrupted if public toilets are unused. This paper deals with the present condition of existing public toilets and user perception of Jessore Paurashava. It was found that except for PT2 and PT5, the rest of the area's public toilets were not clean enough; structural maintenance was not done routinely; flushing equipment was broken and dysfunctional. Only PT2 and PT3 were well maintained, including basin, mirror, and handwash facilities. Four public toilets’ physical conditions were moderate, whereas two were poor. The internal consistency of a questionnaire for questionnaire survey was found to be “excellent” (Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient = 0.929). Around 61% of public toilet users use public toilets rarely, and most (68%) of the user lives within a 1 km radius of a public toilet. Most of the users agreed that the security of the surrounding environment (55%), service charge (58%), indoor light (61%), water availability (61%), odor (56%), and ventilation (66%) were satisfactory. From an In-Depth Interview (IDI) of caretakers, it was found that caretakers were not paid enough and were dissatisfied with the payment. The caretaker arranged cleaning materials, cleaned the toilet without additional payment, and worked for around 18 h in all public toilets except PT2. There was no arrangement of training regarding cleaning, safety, and emergency.
User Perception and Assessment of Existing Public Toilets in Jessore, Bangladesh
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Arthur, Scott (editor) / Saitoh, Masato (editor) / Hoque, Asiful (editor) / Rafee, S. A. S. (author) / Rahman, M. M. (author)
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering ; 2022 ; Bangladesh, India
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering ; Chapter: 20 ; 237-248
2024-01-12
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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