Opportunities and limits to market-driven sanitation services
Evidence from urban informal settlements in East Africa
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12242576 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Mark O’Keefe (Überlandstrasse, Dübendorf, Switzerland, autor de correspondencia), Christoph Lüthi (0000-0002-4174-5522, E-mail, autor de correspondencia), Innocent K Tumwebaze (0000-0003-2364-4602, autor de correspondencia), Robert Tobias (0000-0001-7972-122X, E-mail, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 27 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 421-440 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-06-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Environment and Urbanization (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956247815581758 |
| OpenAlex | W1006918925 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 21 |
| Referencias citadas | 26 |
The improvement of sanitation conditions in slums (1) is difficult in part because of economic and institutional environments that often prevent private or public investment in infrastructure. This analysis of sanitation conditions in informal settlements in Nairobi and Kampala compares user practices. It also identifies the main actors involved in the provision of overlapping sanitation systems, involving a multitude of small-scale providers, along with the challenges these present. The paper goes on to describe a new market-based approach in Nairobi, developed by a social enterprise, Sanergy, which is responsible for the construction of facilities and the collection and treatment of wastes. The system improves user satisfaction, community wellbeing and environmental quality, pointing to a clear opportunity for such market-based interventions where a customer base already pays for sub-standard services. There remain challenges, however, around the ability to scale up and finance these providers, especially in complex operating environments that increase transactional costs for companies
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Human settlement · Informal settlements · Investment (military · Multitude · Private sector · Quality (philosophy · Sanitation · Scale (ratio · Service (business · Service provider · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Medicine · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Marketing
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| Obras citantes distintas | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1,91 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 21 |