Getting a foot on the sanitation ladder: user satisfaction and willingness to pay for improved public toilets in Accra, Ghana

Mariwah, Simon; Hampshire, Kate; Owusu-Antwi, Constance

doi:10.2166/washdev.2017.007

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“…The findings indicate that low-income urban communities continue to face significant environmental challenges owing to limited provision and access to basic environmental services (Appiah-Effah et al 2019;Mariwah et al 2017). Beyond the problem of insufficiency, the result shows that the extent of environmental challenges varies across low-income communities and within the communities.…”

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A comparative appraisal of environmental conditions in two urban low-income communities in Accra, Ghana

Gyimah¹,

Frimpong²,

Anambane³

et al. 2022

Auc Geographica

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This paper examines (i) the state of environmental conditions in two low-income urban communities in Accra, Ghana, using a Participatory Rapid Assessment (PRA) method, and (ii) changes in the environmental conditions in the two low-income communities over the years using the PRA method. The PRA was augmented with qualitative interviews with selected heads of household and other stakeholders from the study communities. The results showed that environmental conditions in the two study communities were poor as indicated by the computed average scores for the environmental problem areas. However, conditions were poorer in Chorkor compared to La. The paper recommends that local governments units in Ghana must prioritise sustained, improved, and reliable funding for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) to ensure undisruptive implementation of environmental health programs and policies. This must be accompanied with improved community education and sensitization on proper sanitary practices, which have the potential to mitigate the effects of disease epidemics such as cholera in the two communities. The study also provides important perspectives on differentials in environmental conditions in low-income communities in urban Ghana.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

A comparative appraisal of environmental conditions in two urban low-income communities in Accra, Ghana

Gyimah¹,

Frimpong²,

Anambane³

et al. 2022

Auc Geographica

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“…A comfortable toilet environment should be created. Low satisfaction users generally have a high willingness to pay for public toilets, and operators should explore the potential market for building and maintaining high-quality public toilet facilities based on this concept ( Mariwah et al, 2017 ). Air conditioning was running when nobody had used the toilet for a long time.…”

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“…Peprah et al explored public toilet use conditions, socio-demographic characteristics, opinions of public toilet customers, and possible improvements to public toilet facilities in four neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana, which is a representative country in the world with the highest reliance on shared sanitation facilities ( Ssekamatte et al, 2019 ). Mariwah et al (2017) explored the user satisfaction and willingness to pay for improved public toilet, which is seated on the first step on the sanitation ladder, in two low-income communities of Accra, Ghana. Njeru (2014) used a qualitative analytical approach to elaborate how the public toilet (named as “Ikotoilets”) in Nairobi are providing reasonably hygienic and safe sanitation services in the city by rethinking local technologies of shared sanitation.…”

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Operating status of public toilets in the Hutong neighborhoods of Beijing: An empirical study

Yan

Cheng

Chen

et al. 2021

Journal of Environmental Management

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The provision of sanitation services for fast-growing urban populations is one of the world's urgent challenges. Hutong neighborhoods in Beijing, capital of China, cannot be rebuilt due to the protection of historical heritage, while residents still need to keep the habit of defecating in public toilets. One hundred public toilets with non-sewered sanitation in the Hutong neighborhoods of Beijing were visited to investigate the actual operating status in response to the “toilet revolution” campaign. The fault tree approach was used to identify the barriers toward a decent and environment-friendly public toilet and evaluate potential risks from the malfunction of various components. Four subsystems are defined and elaborated to calculate the fault possibility. These subsystems are environment- and user-friendly, regarded as ancillary facilities, and used for fecal sludge (FS) management. Statistical analysis of targeted cases indicated that fault probabilities of environmental considerations, user-friendly considerations, ancillary facilities, FS management are calculated as 0.79, 0.96, 0.96, and 0, respectively. The subsystems were weighted using a Delphi method concept. Results showed that the well operation ratio of Beijing Hutong public toilets is only 32%, and the sanitation service value chain can be further optimized. This study also provides references for other countries, which are dedicated to promoting urban sanitation and public health.

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“…As for the types of data, researchers used questionnaires [23][24][25], field surveys [26], postal code locations [27] to measure the service capacity of land or facilities. These methods are time-consuming and lack spatial clarity and comprehensiveness.…”

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The Spatial Distribution and Optimization of Medical and Health Land from the Perspective of Public Service Equalization: A Case Study of Urumqi City

Yan

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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From the two aspects of land quantity and spatial distribution, this article studies the existing problems and ideas for optimizing the supply of medical and health (M&H) land for municipal units to promote an equal supply of urban public services. Method: The existing problems were explored with the help of the kernel density, the spatial gravity model and the buffer zone analysis method, and the key optimization areas of M&H land under the trends of population flow were explored by constructing a suitability evaluation system for the natural, social and ecological elements. Results: The total amount of M&H land in the study area was lower than the standard. The characteristics of land supply that support hospitals and primary medical care are different, which makes it difficult for the population in different regions to obtain services from the two types of medical facilities. The supply of both types of land has room for improvement. Conclusion: The effect of public M&H supply is greatly affected by the factors of land supply, which directly causes the problem of uneven medical services in different regions. The land-use layout should be scientifically planned according to the characteristics of different regions.

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Getting a foot on the sanitation ladder: user satisfaction and willingness to pay for improved public toilets in Accra, Ghana

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

A comparative appraisal of environmental conditions in two urban low-income communities in Accra, Ghana

A comparative appraisal of environmental conditions in two urban low-income communities in Accra, Ghana

Operating status of public toilets in the Hutong neighborhoods of Beijing: An empirical study

The Spatial Distribution and Optimization of Medical and Health Land from the Perspective of Public Service Equalization: A Case Study of Urumqi City

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