Challenges of water and sanitation service co-production in the global South. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moretto, Luisa; Faldi, Giuseppe; Ranzato, Marco; Rosati, Federica Natalia; Ilito Boozi, Jean-Pierre; Teller, Jacques
• Is Part Of: Environment and urbanization. Volume 30:Number 2(2018:Oct.)
• Page Start: 425
• Page End: 443
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: co-production -- service providers -- sustainability -- urban -- water and sanitation services; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Sociology, Urban -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1177/0956247818790652
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-2478

Abstract

Co-production of water and sanitation services, especially in the global South, implies that recipients of a service play a fundamental role in managing water resources. In the context of citizen–government synergies, service recipients are more than consumers, and (co)-production alters their involvement in the service production process, with respect to their relationships with both the natural resources and the delivery process. Our hypothesis is that a meaningful understanding of co-production for water and sanitation services is only possible through an interdisciplinary approach that takes into account natural and social dimensions. The objective is to develop a possible new conceptualization of service co-production that can foster a renewed citizenship while taking into account the risks of urban fragmentation.