Participation in sanitation planning in Burkina Faso: theory and practice

McConville, Jennifer; Kain, Jaan‐Henrik; Kvarnström, Elisabeth; Ulrich, L

doi:10.2166/washdev.2014.125

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“…Numerous commentators have noted how lack of knowledge of new developments results in the propagation of old-fashioned approaches and solutions which do not meet the needs of people (Nance and Ortolano, 2007;McConville, 2010;Lüthi and Kraemer, 2012). In particular 'participation' does not appear to be yielding the results expected in terms of improved better tailored and effective local solutions.…”

Section: Planning In Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of John Kalbermatten's influence

Kennedy-Walker

Evans

Amézaga

et al. 2013

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

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Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of JohnKalbermatten's influence. AbstractDuring the 1980s, John Kalbermatten and his colleagues at the World Bank revolutionised urban sanitation planning. During the last 30 years urban sanitation planning theory has evolved from an engineering focus to a more participatory, multi-disciplinary and userfocused future, informed largely by the work of John Kalbermatten. This paper looks at a number of the most important urban sanitation planning approaches that have emerged postKalbermatten and seeks to trace the influence of Kalbermatten's work on their theoretical underpinnings and characteristics. The extent to which other ideas, such as the sanitation value chain, have increasingly been incorporated into planning approaches are discussed and some of the challenges affecting successful urban sanitation which lay outside of planning are considered. Final comments centre on common themes occurring in practice, the future exploration of which offers potential to inform successful sanitation delivery in the future.

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Section: Planning In Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of John Kalbermatten's influence

Kennedy-Walker

Evans

Amézaga

et al. 2013

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

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“…Unfortunately, these studies provide limited information on the factors that motivate local communities to become actively involved in these interventions, and the question of which particular expectations and considerations drive public participation remains as a result underinvestigated. The scant information available is often limited to practical aspects of local participation [25][26][27] or to the ethical dimensions of individual and community recruitment [28]. Data pertaining to clinical research projects is of limited value in this case, as the expectation of an immediate and direct personal health bene t may in principle play a less prominent role in the willingness to participate in entomological research projects [29,30].…”

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confidence: 99%

Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

Barry¹,

Toé

Pare/Toe

et al. 2020

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Background Most field entomology research projects require active participation by local community members. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with residents in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso, in various studies involving mosquito collections, releases and recaptures. The long-term goal of this work is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, Bana residents have played an important role in research activities, yet the motivations and expectations that drive their participation remain under-investigated. This study examines the factors that motivate some members of the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria’s activities, and, more broadly, explores the reasons that animate citizen participation in entomological research work in malaria-endemic regions. Methods A qualitative approach was used to survey the factors motivating members of the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria’s entomological research activities in Bana. Eighty-five individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections, and two with adult men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and subjected to thematic content analysis. Results Data showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in entomological research activities was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although interviewees expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency around five categories of motivation: (a) enhance domestic protection from mosquitoes and malaria, (b) contribute to a future world free of the disease, (c) acquire knowledge and skills, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige for the village.Conclusion These varying motivations reflect a set of differing personal and collective perceptions about the participation process, combining short and long-term, individual and collective motivations. Beyond the specific circumstances of this case, the study highlights the complex reasons that drive collective participation in entomological research and vector control activities. Detailed knowledge of community expectations should underpin any effort to mobilize local participation in field research activities.

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“…Such approach not only demonstrates the added value of MFA as a planning and decision support tool, proving that such tools should be exploited more often to characterize the impact of planned urban sanitation in the Global South, but also adds to the argument of [76], according to whom "more attention is needed to how the planning process of sanitation infrastructure in cities across the Global South is designed and conducted". In preliminary studies for such city-wide plans, when sanitation infrastructure is absent, external factors, such as environmental and health indicators, should also be taken into consideration.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Mitigation Potential of Sanitation Infrastructure on Groundwater Contamination by Nitrate in Maputo

Arsénio

Salim

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:In Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, nitrate concentrations above 250 mg L −1 in groundwater have been reported. This happens due to the widespread use of latrines and septic tanks that allow for constant infiltration of its content into the soil and eventually to groundwater sources, a situation that is widespread in the Global South and represents a serious threat for human health and for the environment. This is a reflection of limited access to safe and adequate sanitation services, which the local authorities have set to improve in the forthcoming decades with a recently commissioned city-wide sanitation masterplan serving as a basis for the works. In this article, we aimed at understanding whether the infrastructure projected in the masterplan would lead to a reduction of nitrogen reaching groundwater. Currently, according to our calculations, almost 500 onnes of nitrogen reach the city's groundwater sources each year, with the masterplan potentially resulting in a 14% reduction, a small reduction due to its reliance on maintaining and expanding fecal sludge services, without considering investments to improve domestic systems (e.g., construction of contained systems). An alternative, not presented in the Masterplan and put forward by the authors, could be the construction of simplified sewers in two of the city's most densely populated neighborhoods, with a potential 29% reduction in nitrogen reaching groundwater.

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Participation in sanitation planning in Burkina Faso: theory and practice

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of John Kalbermatten's influence

Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of John Kalbermatten's influence

Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

Mitigation Potential of Sanitation Infrastructure on Groundwater Contamination by Nitrate in Maputo

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