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Journal article
Understanding values of sanitation users: examining preferences and behaviors for sanitation systems
Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development, v 11(2), pp 195-207
01 Mar 2021
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Abstract
Sanitation policy and development has undergone a paradigm shift away from supply-driven toward behavioral-based demand-driven approaches. This shift to increase sanitation demand requires multiple stakeholders with varying degrees of interest, knowledge, and capacity. Currently, the design of appropriate sanitation technology disconnects user preference integration from sanitation technology design, resulting in fewer sanitation technologies being adopted and used. This research examines how preferences for specific attributes of appropriate sanitation technologies and implementation arrangements influence their adoption and usage. Data collected included interviews of 1,002 sanitation users living in a peri-urban area of South Africa; the surveyed respondents were asked about their existing sanitation technology, their preferences for various sanitation technology design attributes, as well as their perspectives on current and preferred sanitation implementation arrangements. The data revealed that user acceptability of appropriate sanitation technology is influenced by the adoption classification of the users. Statistically significant motives and barriers to sanitation usage showed a differentiation between users who share private sanitation from those who use communal sanitation facilities. The user acceptability of appropriate sanitation systems is dependent on the technical design attributes of sanitation. The development of utility functions detailed the significance of seven technical design attributes and determined their respective priorities.
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- Title
- Understanding values of sanitation users: examining preferences and behaviors for sanitation systems
- Creators
- Zakiya A. Seymour - Georgia Institute of TechnologyEugene Cloete - Stellenbosch UniversityMargaret McCurdy - Drexel UniversityMira Olson - Drexel UniversityJoseph Hughes - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development, v 11(2), pp 195-207
- Publisher
- Iwa Publishing
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000631952300003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85120003755
- Other Identifier
- 991019168106404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Water Resources