R.W. Mathenge's research while affiliated with National Environment Management Authority - Kenya and other places
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Publication (1)
Despite the prominence of communal practices as a last resort for any decent way of sanitation in slum areas, its application and use is flagrantly ignored. This paper provides insight in the appropriateness of communal sanitation facilities for slum conditions. Recent scholarly investigations in developing countries provide theoretical and empiric...
Citations
... The WHO/UNICEF JMP excluded shared sanitation facilities from basic/safely managed sanitation facilities largely due to a lack of data on issues bothering hygiene, accessibility and safety of shared sanitation facilities [12]. Studies in Kenya, Ghana and Uganda reported that distance, lack of cleanliness and long queues induced users to practice open defecation or use plastic bags in the home than using shared toilets [16][17][18]. On the contrary, findings from studies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania shows that sharing was positively associated with hygienically safe and functionally sustainable sanitation probably due to the possibility of mobilizing higher investment for the facilities [19]. ...
