Assessing sanitary mixtures in East African cities / Sammy C. Letema
- Author
- Letema, Sammy C.
- Published
- Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publ., 2012.
- Physical Description
- 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Background -- 1.2.Urbanisation and sanitation provision status in East Africa -- 1.3.Variety of sanitary scales and institutional arrangements -- 1.4.Research objectives and questions -- 1.5.Operationalization, limitations and methodology -- 1.6.Thesis structure -- ch. 2 Modernised sanitary mixtures: a paradigm shift in sanitary provision -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Modernisation and modern infrastructural ideal -- 2.3.Spatial-technical dimensions of sanitary provision -- 2.3.1.Paradigms of centralisation and decentralisation -- 2.3.2.Scale -- 2.3.3.Flows -- 2.3.4.Mixed sanitary solutions -- 2.4.Institutional dimensions of sanitary provision -- 2.4.1.Public utility provision -- 2.4.2.Private utility provision -- 2.4.3.Voluntary sector utility provision -- 2.4.4.Partnership utility provision -- 2.4.5.End-user participation -- 2.5.Modernised sanitary mixtures as a flexible mix of technical and institutional dimensions -- 2.5.1.The MM approach -- 2.5.2.The MM dimensions -- 2.5.3.Conceptual framework -- 2.5.4.Assessment scales -- 2.5.5.Mapping sanitary configurations -- 2.6.Conclusion -- ch. 3 Assessment of urban sewers and treatment facilities in Kampala and Kisumu as interplay of flows, networks and spaces -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Approach and methodology -- 3.3.Sanitary flows -- 3.3.1.Generation, collection, treatment and disposal -- 3.3.2.Determinants of sewerage development areas -- 3.4.Sanitary networks -- 3.5.Sanitary spaces -- 3.6.Institutional arrangements -- 3.6.1.Organisational arrangement -- 3.6.2.Institutional reforms -- 3.6.3.Institutional models of sewerage provision -- 3.7.Assessment of urban sewerage systems dimensions -- 3.7.1.Technical and spatial scale: large versus small-scale systems -- 3.7.2.Management arrangement: centralised versus decentralised -- 3.7.3.End-user particpation: participatory versus technocratic -- 3.7.4.Sanitary flows: combined versus separate water and waste flows -- 3.8.Conclusions -- ch. 4 Potentials of satellite sanitary systems in Kampala City -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Methodology -- 4.3.Institutional arrangements for sewerage systems -- 4.4.Satellite settlement characteristics -- 4.5.Performance of satellite systems -- 4.6.Management of existing satellite systems -- 4.7.Assessment of satellite system dimensions -- 4.7.1.Spatial-technical scale: large versus small scale systems -- 4.7.2.Management arrangements: centralised versus decentralised -- 4.7.3.End-user participation: participatory versus technocratic -- 4.7.4.Sanitary flows: separate versus combined water and waste flows -- 4.8.Conclusion -- ch. 5 Onsite sanitary provision as transient or permanent solution in East African cities -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Approach and methodology -- 5.3.Technology options -- 5.3.1.Onsite sanitation types, distribution and trends -- 5.3.2.Septic tanks -- 5.3.3.Pit latrines -- 5.3.4.Ecological sanitation (Eco-san) latrines -- 5.3.5.Biogas latrines (Bio-latrines) -- 5.4.5.Shared sanitation -- 5.4.Faecal sludge management practices -- 5.4.1.Emptying -- 5.4.2.Collection -- 5.4.3.Tipping -- 5.4.4.Characteristics of onsite sludge -- 5.4.5.Treatment and reuse -- 5.5.Institutional arrangement -- 5.6.Onsite sanitation as permanent or transient solution -- 5.6.1.Population and base flow density -- 5.6.2.Spatial and loading requirements -- 5.6.3.Excreta flow -- 5.7.Assessment of onsite sanitation dimensions -- 5.7.1.Spatial-technical scale: large versus small scale systems -- 5.7.2.Management arrangements: centralised versus decentralised -- 5.7.3.End-user participation: participatory versus technocratic -- 5.7.4.Sanitary flows: separate versus combined water and waste flows -- 5.8.Conclusion -- ch. 6 Assessing the sustainability of sanitary mixtures in Kampala and Kisumu -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Methodology -- 6.2.1.Establishing multi-criteria analysis (MCA) -- 6.2.2.Assessment criteria and indicators -- 6.2.3.Scoring and weighting -- 6.3.Results and discussions -- 6.3.1.Mean score performance assessment -- 6.3.2.Weighted performance assessment -- 6.3.3.Impact of criteria weight on overall performance -- 6.3.4.Making choices among imperfect options -- 6.4.Conclusion -- ch. 7 Conclusions, reflection and further outlook on modernised mixtures approach -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Spatial-technical characteristics of sanitary systems -- 7.3.Institutional characteristics of sanitary systems -- 7.4.Configurations of sanitary systems -- 7.5.Sustainability of sanitary mixtures -- 7.6.Shifting centralised-decentralised paradigm to modernised mixtures -- 7.6.1.Avoiding pumping stations and siphons -- 7.6.2.Adoption of multiple service levels -- 7.6.3.Modernising sewage treatment plants (STPs) to resource recovery plants (RRPs) -- 7.6.4.Servicing households from intermediate level -- 7.6.5.Combining service provision institutions -- 7.6.6.Establishing sanitary suitability areas and systems -- 7.6.7.Organising faecal sludge service provision into zones -- 7.7.Appropriateness of modernised mixtures approach as an assessment tool -- 7.8.Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 List of resource persons from key institutions interviewed -- Appendix 2 List of persons participated in sustainability performance assessment.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9789086862153 (pbk.)
9086862152 - Dissertation Note
- Thesis (doctoral) - Wageningen Universiteit.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the J. Harvey Fahnestock Endowment for Scientific, Engineering and Rare Books; 2012
- Endowment Note
- J. Harvey Fahnestock Endowment for Scientific, Engineering and Rare Books
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