A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Emerging categories of urban shared sanitation
With 2.6 billion people without access to improved sanitation facilities and with a growing urban population globally, shared sanitation in the form of public or community latrines is a pragmatic way of increasing coverage, but it is currently not deemed ‘improved’. This paper explores the variety of facilities that currently exist in order to identify what would enable some of these latrines to be classed as acceptable and to ensure that future shared sanitation facilities meet minimum standards. The categories mostly relate to issues of ownership, management, location and finance rather than technological considerations. An extensive literature review reveals that the users' perspective of acceptability is largely absent from current discussions.
Emerging categories of urban shared sanitation
With 2.6 billion people without access to improved sanitation facilities and with a growing urban population globally, shared sanitation in the form of public or community latrines is a pragmatic way of increasing coverage, but it is currently not deemed ‘improved’. This paper explores the variety of facilities that currently exist in order to identify what would enable some of these latrines to be classed as acceptable and to ensure that future shared sanitation facilities meet minimum standards. The categories mostly relate to issues of ownership, management, location and finance rather than technological considerations. An extensive literature review reveals that the users' perspective of acceptability is largely absent from current discussions.
Emerging categories of urban shared sanitation
Mazeau, Adrien (author) / Reed, Brian (author) / Sansom, Kevin (author) / Scott, Rebecca (author)
Water and Environment Journal ; 28 ; 592-608
2014
17 Seiten
Article (Journal)
English
Inclusion of shared sanitation in urban sanitation coverage? Evidence from Ghana and Uganda
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