Programme, presentations and papers
Programme, presentations and papers -abstracts as well as full papers- presented at the IRC symposium ‘Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Partnerships and Governance’, 19 – 21 November 2008, Delft, the Netherlands.
Productive use of domestic wastewater in peri-urban regions - a framework for action
Author: Mathew Kurian et.al. Sanitation has emerged as an important development challenge especially in secondary towns experiencing higher rates of urbanization but with relatively limited financial resources to be able to construct sophisticated underground drainage systems.
Integrate at the top, involve at the bottom – the household-centred approach to environmental sanitation
Authors: Christoph Luthi et.al. This paper presents initial experience with implementation of the Household-Centred Environmental Sanitation (HCES) approach, jointly developed by the WSSCC and Eawag/Sandec (Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries).
Local government and communities at work: questioning the Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Author: Enrico Michelutti. In Tanzania less than 50 percent of the urban population has access to sanitation. In Dar es Salaam, where the situation is even worse due to the current dispersed urban growth pattern, all International Organisations highlight that the Millennium Development Goal of sustainable access to basic sanitation will not be achieved. The municipal government promotes policies to improve sanitation services for the urban poor and to empower communities in managing infrastructure projects.
Free basic sanitation services – South African experience
Authors: N. Mjoli; J. Bhagwan. The paper sets out an analysis of eight case studies investigating the approaches used by a range of metro, district and local municipalities to provide free basic sanitation services in South Africa. The study focussed on free basic sanitation policies, funding arrangements, integration of health and hygiene education, poverty reduction, operation and maintenance plans for dry on-site sanitation systems and methods used to target the poor.
Alternatives to waterborne sanitation – a comparative study – limits and potentials
Authors: Christophe Platzer et.al. The study analyses the potentials and limits of alternatives to waterborne sanitation. It is based on a comparison of a waterborne sanitation to a dry sanitation solution. One very important point is that the introduction of a UDDT (urine diversion dry toilets) solution enables a water provision for 50% more inhabitants.
Integrated support for a sustainable urban environment, Arusha Tanzania
Author: Alfred J. Shayo. The Integrated Support for a Sustainable Urban Environment (ISSUE - 2) project is presently in the implementation stage in the unplanned settlements of Lemara, Sokoni I and Daraja 2 in Arusha Municipality referred as a “District” in Tanzania. The project focuses on human excreta and solid waste management.
Governance of urban environmental sanitation in Latin America; case studies from Belo Horizonte, Cali and Lima
Authors: Stef Smits et.al. Cities in Latin America face a double challenge in environmental sanitation, of both providing access to basic sanitation for those currently lacking that, and improving the collection and treatment of wastewater. Governance is identified as a crucial factor affecting the way in which these challenges can be met.
Ecosan in poor urban areas – sustaining sanitation and food security
Authors: P. Bracken & A. R. Panesar. Whilst conventional (disposal-oriented) sanitation systems have improved the public health situation for many in cities that can afford them, they have failed to reach the poorest, drained economies, squandered resources and broken nutrient cycles.
Stakeholder participation in greywater management in South African shack settlements
Authors: K. Winter et.al. While many South African urban shack settlements have been supplied in recent years with standpipes from which residents are able to draw varying quantities of potable water, they still have inadequate or no provision of sanitation and drainage.
Capacity for local governance of sanitation services provision among poor urban communities in Honduras
Authors: Eduardo Sánchez et.al. Although access to sanitation in Honduras is low, with coverage of only 69%, it is well on its way to meeting the MDGs by rapidly improving the coverage. Nevertheless, these statistics do not reflect the sustainability nor use of these facilities, which would bring down the real coverage.
