The impact of community social dynamics on achieving improved sanitation access for the urban poor: The case of Lusaka, Zambia

Kennedy-Walker, Ruth; Amézaga, Jaime M.; Paterson, Charlotte

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.09.004

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“…Empirical studies have shown that many approaches have performed comparatively well; however, no single method has proven ideal (Murungi & Blokland., 2016). Findings from a case study review of models to improve water and sanitation services in informal settlements noted that there is limited information regarding the successful implementation of these approaches (Kennedy-Walker, et al, 2015). This section examines the historical trends in global strategies that aim to improve services in informal settlements, which should ultimately guide the answering of this study's research question.…”

Section: Water and Sanitation: Historical Trends In Informal Settlementsmentioning

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Developing a best-practice model for water and wastewater services in informal urban settlements in Tanzania

Christopher

Beal

2021

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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This research proposes a model for enhancing the pro-poor water supply and provision of sanitation services in informal urban settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The model was developed from semi-structured interviews, a rigorous literature content analysis of best practice case studies and application of the Policy Transfer Framework. Development and adoption of a long-term strategy to mobilise financial resources and guide the water sector to develop pro-poor plans were key recommendations. While not a panacea, it is hoped that adoption of the model would significantly improve the current water supply and sanitation service delivery to informal urban settlements Dar es Salaam.

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Section: Water and Sanitation: Historical Trends In Informal Settlementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a best-practice model for water and wastewater services in informal urban settlements in Tanzania

Christopher

Beal

2021

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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“…• Newer neighbourhoods are less likely to have water infrastructure that is prone to failure, due to general aging of materials and poor upkeep [11,62] and neighbourhoods comprising newly arrived migrants may lack sufficient social cohesion to lobby for services [63]. The men's and women's DHS questionnaires ask respondents their length of residence in their current home.…”

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Household, neighbourhood and service provider risk factors for piped drinking-water intermittency in urban and peri-urban Zambia: A cross-sectional analysis

Thomas-Possee,

Channon,

Bain

et al. 2024

PLOS Water

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Given nearly one third of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lack access to an improved water source that is available when needed, service continuity restricts access to safely managed services. Household surveys, water regulators, and utilities all gather data on service continuity, but few studies have integrated these disparate datasets to quantify continuity-related risk factors and inequalities. This study aimed to assess the added value of utility and regulator data for international monitoring by assessing factors affecting piped water availability in urban and peri-urban Zambia. Household ‘user’ data from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey (n = 3047) were spatially linked to provider data from an international utility database and regulator reports. Multilevel modelling quantified provider-related and socio-economic risk factors for households reporting water being unavailable for at least one day in the previous fortnight. 47% (95% CI: 45%, 49%) of urban and peri-urban households reported water being unavailable for at least one full day, ranging from 18% (95% CI: 14%, 23%) to 76% (95% CI: 70%, 81%) across providers. Controlling for provider, home ownership (odds ratio (OR) = 1.31; p <0.01), speaking Luvale, Kaonde, Lunda (OR = 2.06; p <0.05) or Tonga (OR = 1.78; p <0.1) as an ethnicity proxy, and dry season interview dates (OR = 1.91; p <0.05) were associated with household-reported interruptions. Households using a neighbour’s tap (OR = 1.33; p <0.1) and in mid-wealth neighbourhoods (OR = 4.31; p <0.1) were more likely to report interruptions. For every $1000 increase in utility-level GDP per capita, the odds of an interruption were 0.51 times less (p<0.01). Substantial inequalities in drinking-water availability were found between provider coverage areas. Spatial integration of user, provider and regulator data enriches analysis, providing a finer-scale perspective than otherwise possible. However, wider use of utility or regulator data requires investment in monitoring of small-scale community supply intermittency and utility coverage area data.

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“…Research has shown that communities with higher levels of social capital perform better in community-based WASH interventions ( Cameron et al, 2019 , Isham and Kähkönen, 2002 , Kennedy-Walker et al, 2015 ) and have better health outcomes ( Agampodi et al, 2017 , Flores et al, 2014 , Hurtado et al, 2011 , Kawachi and Berkman, 2014 , Miller et al, 2006 , Sujarwoto and Tampubolon, 2013 , Yip et al, 2007 ). Specifically, communities with higher initial levels of social capital have been found to be more likely to participate in decision-making, planning, and construction of community-based piped water systems ( Isham & Kähkönen, 2002 ), higher achieving in terms of toilet construction and behavior change following a Community-Led Total Sanitation intervention ( Cameron et al, 2019 ), and more likely to take up latrine use and certain hygiene behaviors ( Bakshi et al, 2015 ).…”

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“People are now working together for a common good”: The effect on social capital of participatory design for community-level sanitation infrastructure in urban informal settlements

Salinger,

Charles,

Francis

et al. 2024

World Development

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The impact of community social dynamics on achieving improved sanitation access for the urban poor: The case of Lusaka, Zambia

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

Developing a best-practice model for water and wastewater services in informal urban settlements in Tanzania

Developing a best-practice model for water and wastewater services in informal urban settlements in Tanzania

Household, neighbourhood and service provider risk factors for piped drinking-water intermittency in urban and peri-urban Zambia: A cross-sectional analysis

“People are now working together for a common good”: The effect on social capital of participatory design for community-level sanitation infrastructure in urban informal settlements

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