Using tenure to build a "sanitation cityscape": narrowing decisions for targeted sanitation interventions. (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scott, Pippa; Cotton, Andrew; Sohail, M
• Is Part Of: Environment and urbanization. Volume 27:Number 2(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 389
• Page End: 406
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: citywide sanitation -- investment -- sanitation planning -- self-supply -- tenure mix -- tenure security; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Sociology, Urban -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1177/0956247815569415
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-2478

Abstract

Sanitation interventions routinely overlook the implications of secure tenure for investment on the part of households. Drawing upon primary field research in Dakar, this paper presents a citywide sanitation planning framework that combines existing sanitation planning approaches with householders' investment logic as a function of their tenure security and status. The resulting framework, the Sanitation Cityscape, maps what is happening to faecal material on a citywide scale and why, thus providing a snapshot of the sanitation status of the city and a rationale for targeted interventions along the sanitation service chain. The paper offers an approach for policymakers and practitioners to narrow the decision-making process for citywide sanitation service provision. It aims to target urban sanitation interventions that are appropriate to the urban tenure mix, including non-networked systems, and a greater emphasis on widening the scope of sanitation service provision to include tenure-neutral operational activities, such as faecal sludge management.