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1 Drangert, J.; Okotto-Okotto, J.; Okotto, L. G. O.; Auko, O. 2002. Going small when the city grows big: New options for water supply and sanitation in rapidly expanding urban areas. Water International, 27(3):354-363.
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Water management ; Population growth ; Wastewater ; Wells ; Recharge / Kenya / Kisumu
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H032003)
2 Takken, W.; Martens, P.; Bogers, R. J. (Eds.) 2005. Environmental change and malaria risk: global and local implications. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. xxii, 138p. (Wageningen UR Frontis series vol.9)
Malaria ; Risks ; Climate change ; Models ; Vectorborne diseases ; Health ; Environmental effects ; Entomology ; Ecosystems ; Assessment ; GIS ; Remote sensing / Kenya / Brazil / Kisumu / Amazon / Rondonia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 614.532 G000 TAK Record No: H038804)
3 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 390p.
Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 HOR Record No: H042304)
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4 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Leusden, Netherlands: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) 1 CD.
Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H035923)
5 Chenoweth, J.; Malcolm, R.; Pedley, S.; Kaime, T. 2013. Household water security and the human right to water and sanitation. In Lankford, B.; Bakker, K.; Zeitoun, M.; Conway, D. (Eds.). Water security: principles, perspectives and practices. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.307-317. (Earthscan Water Text Series)
Households ; Water security ; Sanitation ; Water quality ; Water rights ; Living standards ; Human rights ; Public services ; Case studies / Kenya / Ethiopia / Kisumu / Addis Ababa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G662 IND Record No: H046281)
6 Rao, Krishna C.; Kvarnstrom, E.; Di Mario, L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Business models for fecal sludge management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 80p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 06) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.213]
Faecal sludge ; Resource management ; Resource recovery ; Recycling ; Business management ; Models ; Waste disposal ; Desludging ; Dumping ; Sewerage ; Waste treatment ; Waste water treatment plants ; Solid wastes ; Pollution ; Composts ; Public health ; Sanitation ; Latrines ; Defaecation ; Stakeholders ; Finance ; Cost recovery ; Energy recovery ; Biogas ; Organic fertilizers ; Private enterprises ; Institutions ; Partnerships ; Licences ; Regulations ; Transport ; Septic tanks ; Nutrients ; Taxes ; Farmers ; Urban areas ; Landscape ; Household ; Incentives ; Case studies / Asia / Africa / Latin America / South Africa / Kenya / India / Rwanda / Nepal / Philippines / Lesotho / Bangladesh / Mozambique / Ghana / Senegal / Benin / Sierra Leone / Malaysia / Ethiopia / Vietnam / Mali / Sri Lanka / Burkina Faso / Peru / Haiti / Dakar / Nairobi / Maseru / Accra / Tamale / Addis Ababa / Eastern Cape / Maputo / Dhaka / Ho Chi Minh City / Hai Phong / Dumaguete / Mombasa / Kisumu / San Fernando / Bamako / Cotonou / Ouagadougou / Kigali / Bangalore / Dharwad / Balangoda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047826)
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On-site sanitation systems, such as septic tanks and pit latrines, are the predominant feature across rural and urban areas in most developing countries. However, their management is one of the most neglected sanitation challenges. While under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the set-up of toilet systems received the most attention, business models for the sanitation service chain, including pit desludging, sludge transport, treatment and disposal or resource recovery, are only emerging. Based on the analysis of over 40 fecal sludge management (FSM) cases from Asia, Africa and Latin America, this report shows opportunities as well as bottlenecks that FSM is facing from an institutional and entrepreneurial perspective.
7 Tsinda, A.; Abbott, P.; Chenoweth, J.; Pedley, S.; Kwizera, M. 2018. Improving sanitation in informal settlements of East African cities: hybrid of market and state-led approaches. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(2):229-244. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1310090]
Sanitation ; Urban areas ; Informal settlements ; Market access ; State intervention ; Technology ; Environmental impact ; Maintenance ; Public health ; Defaecation ; Awareness raising / East Africa / Rwanda / Uganda / Kenya / Kigali / Kampala / Kisumu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048505)
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This paper analyzes how sanitation can be improved in the informal settlements of East African cities through a hybrid model. Qualitative research was carried out in eight settlements in three cities. Findings show that all cities apply a hybrid model (with some variation) when providing improved sanitation to their residents. Sanitation services were available in all cities, but there was no evidence of the state actively organizing a functioning sanitation market in Kampala or Kisumu. This implies that a hybrid model with a strong and committed developmental state is the right choice in the context of the informal settlements of East African cities.
8 Bellaubi, F.; Boehm, F. 2018. Management practices and corruption risks in water service delivery in Kenya and Ghana. Water Policy, 20(2):388-409. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2018.017]
Water management ; Management techniques ; Delinquent behaviour ; Risk analysis ; Water control ; Water governance ; Water supply ; Water delivery ; Water policy ; Water use ; Organizations ; Institutional reform ; Regulations ; Performance evaluation ; Case studies / Kenya / Ghana / Mombasa / Kisumu / Nairobi / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048711)
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Water sector reform has brought considerable changes in organizations in Kenya and Ghana while the overall water service delivery (WSD) performance has remained low. The changes have also brought a shift in the balance of power between the different actors involved in WSD as well as a number of integrity issues at an institutional level in terms of corruption risks. The paper analyzes the power distribution between the main actors involved in WSD in terms of principals and agents, in relation to identified corruption risks and organizational structures at policy and regulatory, provision, and consumption WSD levels. The results identify different water control domains that are compared to management situations described in the literature but, according to the opinion of the authors, are considered insufficient to reflect on the empirical observations found in the three case studies in Kenya and two in Ghana. Furthermore, the authors suggest complementing management practice definitions with the findings of this research.
9 Olago, D. O. 2019. Constraints and solutions for groundwater development, supply and governance in urban areas in Kenya. Hydrogeology Journal, 27(3):1031-1050. (Special issue: Groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-018-1895-y]
Groundwater development ; Water supply ; Water governance ; Urban areas ; Groundwater management ; Arid zones ; Aquifers ; Water quality ; Water availability ; Water policy ; Strategies ; Hydrogeology ; Models ; Case studies / Kenya / Kisumu / Nakuru / Lodwar / Wajir / Msambweni
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049360)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10040-018-1895-y.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049360.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049360.pdf
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Based on a five-town case-study cohort in Kenya, a conceptual framework has been developed to enable the formulation of holistic and effective strategies that encompass the national aspirations and regional to global sustainability agendas, and which can be used to monitor progress in achieving set objectives. The approach is flexible, scalable and transferrable, so that it can be applied in different contexts and using different indicators, based upon the same construct. Insufficient technical knowledge of urban aquifers and their interplay with the wider social-ecological system constrains the development of holistic, effective and robust management systems to ensure their sustainability for intended uses. The objective was to consider governance and management solutions that could promote water security for urban towns in Kenya through the sustainable use of groundwater in the context of its complex hydrogeology, water access disparities, competing uses and future risks. The in force national and county water policies, strategies, and plans for the case study areas were critically reviewed. The status of aquifer knowledge, water access disparities, competing uses, and risks was evaluated from critical literature reviews and data compilation, fieldwork, and analysis of indicator datasets from the Kenya 2009 census. Key aquifers need urgent characterisation to reverse the current situation whereby development proceeds with insufficient aquifer knowledge. Private sector and public participation in management should be enhanced through decentralised management approaches. Water infrastructure and technologies should be fit-for-purpose in application and scale, and the pro-poor focus should be underpinned by appropriately focused management regimes.
10 Ocholla, G.; Letema, S.; Mireri, C. 2022. Socioeconomic determinants of water delivery satisfaction in a medium Sub-Saharan Africa city: a case of Kisumu, Kenya. Water Supply, 22(12):8682-8697. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2022.388]
Drinking water ; Water supply ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Household income ; Urbanization ; Towns ; Infrastructure ; Indicators / Africa South of Sahara / Kenya / Kisumu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051585)
https://iwaponline.com/ws/article-pdf/22/12/8682/1157295/ws022128682.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051585.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051585.pdf
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (Resolution 300) recognizes accessibility to water services as a legal entitlement rather than commodities provided on a charitable basis. However, in Kenya, only 60% of the urban population use safely managed drinking water. This low accessibility of potable water can be linked to socioeconomic disparities among urban dwellers. This article examines how household socioeconomic factors influence water delivery satisfaction in Kisumu city, Kenya. The article is based on a descriptive research design where 384 households were surveyed and ordinal regression was used in data analysis. Water delivery in Kisumu city is characterized by duality where the formal city is supplied by conventional delivery, while the informal settlements are through a pro-poor model. The results of ordinal logistic regression show that significantly (p < 0.01) water affordability is determined by household income (ß = 2.10 * 10-5), water accessibility is determined by tenancy (ß = 0.483) and household income (ß = 2.90 * 10-5), while water reliability is influenced by household income (ß = 1.35 * 10-5). Water quality is significantly (p < 0.05) influenced by the level of education (ß = 0.260). Gender does not have significant influence on water delivery satisfaction, but the socioeconomic variables are significant predictors of water service delivery in Kisumu city. Therefore, socioeconomic factors should be considered by water utility agencies during water service delivery in the city.
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