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Download fileAn investigation into linkages between tenure and urban sanitation development
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Pippa ScottDemand-responsive sanitation acknowledges the need for sanitation development to be household-centred
rather than technology focused. However, these strategies (such as social marketing) have a fundamental
assumption that the end user has a universal freedom of choice. In view of the proliferation of informal and
rental accommodation in low-income settlements of developing countries, this assumption may obscure
reality. In this context, inter and intra-household members may enjoy a range of freedoms and access to
sanitation resources. In considering the diversity of the urban poor, this ongoing study seeks to examine
how the critical differences in tenure status and associated property rights relate to an individual’s access
to improved sanitation infrastructure.
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School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)