On a journey to citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS)? A political economy analysis of container-based sanitation (CBS) in the fragmented (in)formal city

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ID6426410
AutoresAnna Mdee (0000-0002-8260-1840, University of Leeds), Alesia Dedaa Ofori (0000-0002-0912-067X, Cranfield University, autor de correspondencia), D J Barrington (0000-0002-1486-9247, University of the Western Cape), Dani Barrington (University of the Western Cape), Fiona Anciano (0000-0002-8613-1452, The University of Western Australia), Mmeli Dube (0000-0002-2464-1115, University of the Western Cape), Paul Hutchings (0000-0002-7758-4644, University of Leeds), Sasha Kramer (0000-0002-4048-7517, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)), Hellen López Valladares (0000-0002-5977-9966, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), Alison Parker (0000-0001-7370-6758, Cranfield University), Joy Riungu (0000-0002-1408-444X, Meru University of Science and Technology), Joy Nyawira Riungu (Meru University of Science and Technology), C Osborne Ward (0009-0004-0161-7747, University of Sussex)
Año2024
Volumen22
Número5
Páginas875-895
Fecha de publicación2024-12-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobalizations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14747731.2024.2434302
OpenAlexW4405537703
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas64

Rapidly growing cities face the chronic challenge of access to safe, dignified and accessible sanitation, in contexts of inequality and informality. Technological and operational innovations, such as container-based sanitation (CBS), are promoted as relatively low-cost market-based circular economy off-grid solutions to deliver citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS). However, in the absence of evidence that CBS is delivering on these promises, this paper asks: under what conditions can CBS services contribute to achieving CWIS goals? It applies a combined political economy and socio-technical regime analysis to examine multi-level governance in the sanitation sector and CBS service regimes in Cape Town, Lima, Nairobi and Cap-Haitien. Only Cape Town, a municipality-controlled system, demonstrates the necessary public authority that enables CBS to operate at scale. Yet, it is regarded by many residents in informal settlements as poor sanitation for poor people. This suggests that scaling CBS requires sustained public investment and strong coordinating authority

Business · Container (type theory · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Political science · Politics · Sanitation · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Law · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Environmental Engineering