Community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities

Burra, Sundar; Patel, Sheela; Kerr, Thomas J.

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“…A successful example of community sanitation based on a balanced allocation of responsibilities between stakeholders is found in slum settlements of Mumbai and Pune in India (Burra et al 2003). The authors highlight how the establishment of an innovative partnership between beneficiary communities and the local government allowed the development of sustainable WATSAN solutions, which met local needs and were managed and maintained by users.…”

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Using a diagnostic tool to evaluate the longevity of urban community sanitation systems: A case study from Indonesia

Roma

Jeffrey

2011

Environ Dev Sustain

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Improving access to water and sanitation does not necessarily guarantee longevity of those systems transferred. Lessons from past interventions suggest that success depends on acceptance of the technology from the recipients and sustained use after donor assistance ends. A qualitative evaluation of urban community sanitation systems in Indonesia is conducted by use of a diagnostic tool, called RECAP, focusing on technology performance and experience. By means of surveys and qualitative interviews, the perceptions of involved stakeholders (local government, implementing agency and users) are evaluated. Conclusions suggest bridging the gap between governments and users in relation to maintenance and monitoring would improve the quality and longevity of interventions.

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Using a diagnostic tool to evaluate the longevity of urban community sanitation systems: A case study from Indonesia

Roma

Jeffrey

2011

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…The case of Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) 4 has been illustrated in many publications (Patel and d'Cruz 1993;Baumann et al 2001;Patel and Mitlin 2001Burra et al 2003;Mitlin 2004;d'Cruz and Mitlin 2007;Mitlin and Patel 2005;Bolnick 2008;Mitlin 2008). 5 In this section, 4 Gilbert's remarks (2007) about the use of the term ''slum'' encounter full consent within SDI coordinators and staff.…”

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“…Since the seminal work of Whyte (1943), however, the existence of indigenous organizations in informal settlements has been analyzed and can now count on an extensive literature about ''social organization in the slums'' that points out the richness of ties and the propulsive tension to self-help of irregular settlements dwellers, who often develop some basic or complex forms of community infrastructure and services themselves (Turner 1988;Uduku 1994;Olowu and Erero 1996;Nwangwu 1998;Burra et al 2003;Ruskulis 2003;Fonchingong 2006).…”

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Emerging Networks of Organized Urban Poor: Restructuring the Engagement with Government Toward the Inclusion of the Excluded

Gasparre

2011

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Aim of this article is to address the issue of citizen participation and democratic engagement within a specific area-slum upgrading-presenting and theoretically discussing the approach of an international network called Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), which represents member federations of urban poor and homeless groups from about 30 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The article addresses the model of intervention embraced by the network, the activities carried out, its philosophy, etc., mainly focusing on the way it envisions and pursues the engagement of local governments in upgrading slum dwellers living conditions. The basic idea within SDI is that the lack of participation by the urban poor has historically been one of the major obstacles to achieve real development: either the government or the donors' agencies, in fact, usually treat the poor as beneficiaries of someone else's actions, thus undervaluing their knowledge and skills. Radically opposing this view, SDI interprets its role not as an intermediary agency of slum dwellers in the engagement/negotiation with local governments but rather as an ''enabling tool'' of direct negotiation between the urban poor and the public institutions. SDI's most relevant feature, in fact, is surely the genuine leading role assigned to the slum dwellers grassroots organizations.Résumé Cet article traite du problème de la participation citoyenne et de l'engagement démocratique dans un domaine particulier, la réhabilitation des A preliminary draft of this article has been presented at ''Citizen Participation and Democratic Engagementbidonvilles. Il présente et il discute sur le plan théorique l'approche d'un réseau international nommé Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), qui représente des associations composées de groupes de sans-abri et de démunis urbains dans environ 30 pays d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'Amérique latine. Cet article aborde le modèle d'intervention adopté par le réseau, ses activités, sa philosophie, etc.… en se concentrant principalement sur la manière dont il envisage et suit l'implication des gouvernements locaux pour l'amélioration des conditions de vie des habitants des bidonvilles. Selon l'idée maîtresse au sein de SDI, le manque d'implication des démunis urbains constitue historiquement l'un des obstacles majeurs à un réel développement : en fait, le gouvernement ou les organismes donateurs traitent généralement les démunis comme les bénéficiaires des actions de quelqu'un d'autre, dévalorisant ainsi leurs connaissances et leurs compétences. S'opposant radicalement à cette idée, SDI se voit non pas comme un intermédiaire jouant un rôle d'implication ou de négociation entre les habitants des bidonvilles et les gouvernements locaux, mais plutôt comme un « outil d'établissement » de négociations directes entre les démunis urbains et les institutions publiques. En fait, le réseau SDI se distingue certainement parce qu'il donne authentiquement le rôle principal aux associations d'habitants des bidonvilles.Zusammenfassung Ziel dieses ...

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“…Also, SPARC was seen as an agency, which could go on to build toilet blocks. However, it is clear that participation took a back seat due to the complex social dynamics of the slums [40]. One of the major ideas behind the SSP has been involvement of the community in the planning, design and then finally the maintenance of the toilets.…”

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Power of Networks and Peer Pressure: An analysis of Slum Sanitation Program in Mumbai

Asokan¹

2017

J-Sustain

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With the advent of the "Clean India" campaign in India, a renewed focus on cleanliness has started, with a special focus on sanitation. There have been efforts in the past to provide sanitation related services, however, there were several challenges in provisioning. Provision of sanitation is a public health imperative given increased instances of antimicrobial resistance in India. This paper focuses on sanitation provisioning in the city of Mumbai, especially in the slums of Mumbai. The paper compares and contrasts different models of sanitation provision including supply-led provisioning of sanitation by the Indian government to demand-led provisioning of sanitation through a World Bank funded "Slum Sanitation Program" (SSP). The paper also outlines a comparative perspective on the implementation and usage of toilet blocks. The author presents the theory of social networks and positive peer pressure, and argues that these will amplify the effect of other incentives. With the help of an illustration, this paper concludes that the sustainable sanitation policy should look at facilitating and creating the infrastructure as a network and not strictly at building toilet blocks.

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Community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities

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Using a diagnostic tool to evaluate the longevity of urban community sanitation systems: A case study from Indonesia

Using a diagnostic tool to evaluate the longevity of urban community sanitation systems: A case study from Indonesia

Emerging Networks of Organized Urban Poor: Restructuring the Engagement with Government Toward the Inclusion of the Excluded

Power of Networks and Peer Pressure: An analysis of Slum Sanitation Program in Mumbai

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