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| R Number: R7124 |
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| Contractor: Southampton University | |
| Dates: 1 June 1998 to 31 May 2001 | |
| Study of the sanitation strategies of poor urban communitites in southern Africa and of local institutions that work with them. Identification of key areas and recommendation of key interventions that should make institutions more responsive to community needs. | |
| Executive Summary |
| Objectives |
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1. Background literature survey of project experiences and theoretical analyses in urban sanitation around the developing world. 2. Field studies of existing sanitation facilities, attitudes, practices and infrastructure of institutional policies, resources and practices in the sector, and of inter-relationships between agencies and poor communities in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. 3. Analysis of findings from field studies and literature survey; identification of key constraints to better practice and of key strategies for improved performance. 4. Development and dissemination of guidelines for improved practice through local, national and international workshops and publications. |
| Methodology |
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A continuing literature review of worldwide experience, institutional and national policy, and theoretical analysis, is ongoing. Field studies of relevant regulations, policies and practices in urban sanitation in the three study-countries, and of selected poor urban communities in those countries, are about to start in early 1999. |
| Results |
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Early studies of other research and sanitation practice have identified some key issues for investigation, but field research, which is about to start, will test whether these are really the most significant issues, and, through analysis, how they might be tackled to improve the delivery of effective and sustainable services to the urban poor. |
| Further Information |
| Collaborating Organisations |
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University of Southampton, UK Division of water, Environment and Forestry Technology Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Institute of Water and Sanitation Development, Zimbabwe |
| Contact Details for Further Information |
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Ben Fawcett Institute of Irrigation and Development Studies Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
Tel: +44 1703 592793
Bryan Taylor Division of Water, Environment and Forestry Technology Council for Scientific and Industrial Research PO Box 395 Pretoria 0001 South Africa
Tel: +27 12 841 3873
Dr Jerry Ndamba Research Manager Institute of Water and Sanitation Development Box MP 422 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 738120 |