1st Edition

Urban Waste and Sanitation Services for Sustainable Development Harnessing Social and Technical Diversity in East Africa

Edited By Bas van Vliet, Joost van Buuren, Shaaban Mgana Copyright 2014
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Urban sanitation and solid waste sectors are under significant pressure in East Africa due to the lack of competent institutional capacity and the growth of the region’s urban population. This book presents and applies an original analytical approach to assess the existing socio-technical mixtures of waste and sanitation systems and to ensure wider access, increase flexibility and ecological... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Scales and Modes of Service Provision: Modernizing the Mixtures of Sanitation and Waste Services in East Africa  3. Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Options for Sustainable Service Provision in East Africa  4. Recognizing and Strengthening the Role of Households in Waste Management  5. Informality and Public-Private Partnerships in Waste and Sanitation Management  6. Local NGOs and CBOs in the Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Sector in East Africa  7. Local Governments and Regional Alliances in the Delivery of Municipal Environmental Services  8. Converging Scales of Urban Sanitation Infrastructures and Management  9. Conclusions: Perspectives on the Sustainable Sanitation and Solid Waste Sector in Urban East Africa.

Biography

Dr Bas van Vliet is Assistant Professor at the Environmental Policy Group of Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Dr Joost van Buuren is emeritus academic staff of the Sub-department of Environmental Technology of Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Dr Shaaban Mgana is a Researcher at Ardhi University (ARU) Department of Environmental Engineering, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.