Household levels of deprivation to WaSH and residential conditions in slum settlements of Lagos, Nigeria

Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu; Aliu, Ibrahim Rotimi; Soladoye, Olayemi

doi:10.2166/washdev.2020.157

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“…This finding becomes very concerning as the sanitary conditions, in this case, are very similar to our findings. A study in Lagos, Nigeria has also found deprived condition in slum areas in case of water, sanitation, and hygiene, including waterlogging and waste disposal conditions (Akoteyon et al, 2021). As we can see from our study, the overall condition of these sectors in Chittagong is also unsatisfactory.…”

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Assessment of urban sanitation status and management gaps in a metropolitan city, Bangladesh: Potential challenges to achieve SDG 6

Ferdous

Chowdhury²,

Ali³

et al. 2022

Front. Water

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Concerns have been on the rise around the globe regarding better sanitation management, which is one of the basic human rights, owing especially to the present goal of sustainable development, more specifically Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. Proper sanitation management is a challenging issue in Bangladesh. The purpose of this study was to investigate the current state of sanitation and hygiene facilities and management in Chattogram City, Bangladesh. This study was conducted via questionnaire survey, key informant information (KIIs), stakeholder meetings, and field visits. A survey was conducted on slum dwellers and non-slum dwellers (formal settlements) of the city. A total of 400(=n) randomly selected respondents were interviewed (200 from each group) from eight wards of the metropolitan city, six KIIs, and three stakeholder meetings. Field visits were made to observe the conditions along with a pilot survey to validate the questionnaires. A purposive sampling method was employed for this study, while both descriptive and quantitative statistical analyses were conducted. Statistical analysis of the survey results and field observation found inadequate sanitation and hygiene facilities, insufficient community toilets, improper waste disposal, and drainage facilities in the city. Sanitation was worse in slum areas than in the non-slum neighborhoods. 55.4% of slum dwellers had no/little awareness of the sanitary system. While 89% of families in slum areas use shared toilets, unhygienic toilets caused different diseases to 63.7% of respondents. Drainage conditions were almost equally insufficient in both groups. 65% of respondents did not have any community toilets in their locality. The sanitation management system is not well-equipped and it is a pressing need to make better plans and implement sufficient management strategy for the total sanitation of the city.

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confidence: 50%

Assessment of urban sanitation status and management gaps in a metropolitan city, Bangladesh: Potential challenges to achieve SDG 6

Ferdous

Chowdhury²,

Ali³

et al. 2022

Front. Water

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“…Some studies do provide a separate assessment of sustainability [20,21], inequality [22], governance and poverty [23], vulnerability and security [24] and service gap [25] aspects of water and sanitation services. However, they are either limited to a particular component of the water and sanitation sector, or are conducted at the macro level using secondary data, or are area-specific, or have inadequate indicators to reflect the ground situation [26]. Apart from these, several studies have incorporated certain indicators of the water and sanitation sector in measuring the overall deprivation of material well-being at a macro level [27,28].…”

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Disparities in Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Urban Slums of Kerala, India

Vidhyadharan

2023

Sustainability

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Even though the water and sanitation situations in urban areas are better than those in rural areas, the situation in the urban slums is worse than that in rural areas. Knowledge of the actual situation of the deprived slums is very important for introducing effective policies to steer a resilient system. This study tried to determine the disparity between the two urban slums based on the principles of availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality and safety and affordability of water and sanitation. The study used a comparative analysis based on the absolute disparity methods. With the support of water and sanitation deprivation indices, percentages, chi-square test, t-test and Mann–Whitney U test the study determined the disparity between the slums. The deprivation level of the physical environment of the two urban slums is almost the same, whereas the water and sanitation deprivation levels are very high in the Vizhinjam slum area compared to those in Barten Hill. Therefore, concerted efforts are needed to reduce the disparities between slums as well as the overall physical environment of the urban slums. Since the physical environment, including infrastructural facilities, is lacking in urban slums compared to other urban areas, achieving a resilient economy requires a systematic institutional framework with proper governance. The three components in the integrated development approaches are households, communities and cities lacking essential services, which needs immediate solutions. The entry point should be at the household level.

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“…Most of these researchers focused on assessing the USSs at the neighbourhood level rather than the household level. A limited number of studies moved beyond the neighbourhood level and assessed the underserved conditions at the household level (Patel, Koizumi & Crooks, 2014;Patel et al, 2019;Patel, Shah & Beauregard, 2020;Akoteyon et al, 2021).…”

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Housing Deprivations in the Underserved Settlements of Jaffna Municipality and Its Urban Fringe Using Slum Severity Index

Balachandran

Thennakoon

2023

VJHSS

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Underserved settlements pose challenges to urban planning and development in developing countries, while they provide affordable shelter and a livelihood to a large proportion of the urban poor. Most definitions consider an underserved settlement to be a community of several housing units, failing to recognize that housing conditions vary by housing unit within the area. This study employed the criteria of structural quality, living area, land tenure, improved drinking water, and water for other purposes, improved sanitation, electricity, kitchen, and clean fuel to identify the underserved settlements and assess their housing deprivations. A housing unit-level field survey, field observation, focus group discussions with representatives of community-based organizations and ground-level officers, and interviews with administrative officers of government institutions, local authorities, academics, and social activists were employed to gather primary data for this study, while secondary data was gathered from government departments. The Slum Severity Index adopted in the study measured the degree of deprivation on a continuous scale. Arc GIS 10.4 was used to create maps that depict the spatial distribution and housing deprivation of underserved settlements. According to the findings, 100% of settlements lacked access to drinking water, 81.23% lacked adequate living space, 58.99% lacked land tenure, 42.35% lacked housing structure, 23.45% lacked water for other purposes, 15.70% lacked sanitation, and 0.76% lacked electricity. Overall, 42.35% of settlements lacked more than three of the aforementioned criteria, and 0.76% of settlements lacked all of them. The study's conclusion emphasized the importance of assessing multiple housing deprivations via the Slum Severity Index to attain sustainable development goals and establish cities free of underserved settlements.

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Household levels of deprivation to WaSH and residential conditions in slum settlements of Lagos, Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Assessment of urban sanitation status and management gaps in a metropolitan city, Bangladesh: Potential challenges to achieve SDG 6

Assessment of urban sanitation status and management gaps in a metropolitan city, Bangladesh: Potential challenges to achieve SDG 6

Disparities in Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Urban Slums of Kerala, India

Housing Deprivations in the Underserved Settlements of Jaffna Municipality and Its Urban Fringe Using Slum Severity Index

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