A short history of how we think and talk about sanitation services and why it matters

Rosenqvist, T; Mitchell, C; Willetts, J

A short history of how we think and talk about sanitation services and why it matters

Rosenqvist, T

Mitchell, C

Willetts, J

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Citation:: Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2016, 6 (2), pp. 298 - 312
Issue Date:: 2016-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rosenqvist, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3899-6694	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, C https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-540X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Willetts, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3975-9642	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2016, 6 (2), pp. 298 - 312	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2043-9083	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/117958
dc.description.abstract	© IWA Publishing 2016. How we think and talk about sanitation services has changed. The very notion of a sanitation service has been transformed from one focused on technology to one focused on the sustainability of the wider sanitation system. This paper explores the transformation from technology to system by drawing from a review of more than 200 pieces of literature published between 1970 and 2015. Seven prevalent perspectives on sanitation service provision are introduced: sanitation services as a basic human need; increasing service coverage through appropriate technology; the emergence of community-participation and community-management; an interest in private-sector participation; the sanitation crisis being viewed as a crisis of governance; sanitation considered inherently political and the current focus on sustainable sanitation systems. These seven perspectives form a useful conceptual frame, which may guide the thinking of sanitation practitioners, policy-makers and academics as they begin to consider how to meet the water and sanitation Sustainable Development Goal by 2030. In this paper, four examples of how the conceptual frame might be used to support thinking are provided.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.2166/washdev.2016.118	en_US
dc.title	A short history of how we think and talk about sanitation services and why it matters	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
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© IWA Publishing 2016. How we think and talk about sanitation services has changed. The very notion of a sanitation service has been transformed from one focused on technology to one focused on the sustainability of the wider sanitation system. This paper explores the transformation from technology to system by drawing from a review of more than 200 pieces of literature published between 1970 and 2015. Seven prevalent perspectives on sanitation service provision are introduced: sanitation services as a basic human need; increasing service coverage through appropriate technology; the emergence of community-participation and community-management; an interest in private-sector participation; the sanitation crisis being viewed as a crisis of governance; sanitation considered inherently political and the current focus on sustainable sanitation systems. These seven perspectives form a useful conceptual frame, which may guide the thinking of sanitation practitioners, policy-makers and academics as they begin to consider how to meet the water and sanitation Sustainable Development Goal by 2030. In this paper, four examples of how the conceptual frame might be used to support thinking are provided.

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