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Sanitation - a neglected essential service in the unregulated urban expansion of Ashaiman, Ghana
conference contribution
posted on 2015-06-03, 13:04 authored by Adrien P. Mazeau, Rebecca ScottRebecca Scott, Benedict TuffuorIn Ghana, over 70% of urban dwellers do not have private sanitation facilities in their home and rely
instead on an informal network of shared toilets. Using results from house surveys, sanitary surveys of toilets and
their observed use, this paper explores how the different type of toilets are distributed and utilized in three
neighbourhoods of Ashaiman, a rapidly growing city in southern Ghana. The study reveals how and why access
to sanitation facilities is influenced by the process of urban development, the distribution of the population and
local urban planning policies. Differences in sanitation provision from one area of Ashaiman to another are not
limited to the number and location of toilets, but also different levels of service and user fees, that impact on the
daily lives of thousands of urban residents. Findings of the study indicate that provision of new sanitation facilities,
individual or shared, must consider the motives of implementers, the needs and preferences of the residents and
the broader urban context, where patterns of urban development play a critical role.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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Sustainable Futures Conference: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global SouthCitation
MAZEAU, A.P., SCOTT, R.E. and TUFFUOR, B., 2012. Sanitation - a neglected essential service in the unregulated urban expansion of Ashaiman, Ghana. IN: Proceedings of Sustainable Futures Conference: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South, Kampala, Uganda, 25-30 June 2012, pp. 37-44.Publisher
The Faculty of The Built Environment Uganda Martyrs UniversityVersion
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