Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa
Significant strides have been made in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) but with 27% of households lacking access to basic sanitation in 2020, challenges remain. While there is global evidence of sanitation linking to all 17 SDGs, similar localis...
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| author | Lucila Carbonell Pascale Hofmann Nevana Srikissoon Luiza C. Campos Sandile Mbatha Monica Lakhanpaul Vishnu Mabeer Ine Steenmans Priti Parikh |
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| description | Significant strides have been made in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) but with 27% of households lacking access to basic sanitation in 2020, challenges remain. While there is global evidence of sanitation linking to all 17 SDGs, similar localised linkages between sanitation and the SDGs in the context of Durban have not yet been verified. Evidencing these linkages and related co-benefits across SDGs could galvanise efforts towards mutually achieving SDG6 and other SDGs by highlighting potential funding efficiencies across multiple benefiting sectors and providing data for longer-term cross-departmental collaboration.This study bridges a persistent gap between research and policy through a collaborative process facilitating the localisation of links between sanitation and SDGs to aid reporting needs and optimise resource use based on evidence of multiple benefits across SDGs. A structured evidence appraisal process identifies linkages between sanitation and all 17 SDGs, including 83 synergies, 49 risks and 4 trade-offs.Our review reveals that lack of adequate sanitation in public spaces has implications for poverty, inequality, informality and dignity. Despite supportive policies, there is a need to enhance participation in decision-making to develop more appropriate sanitation solutions and enhance community acceptance. Findings demonstrate how local policies on sanitation contribute to reducing inequality and poverty but to achieve synergistic outcomes requires addressing existing risk, e.g. in relation to differentiated provision of sanitation solutions or policies that are not always well targeted.There are further opportunities in eThekwini to promote circularity through wastewater reuse and using faecal sludge for energy and fertilizer production. A key consideration for eThekwini's Water and Sanitation unit is to avoid negative environmental impacts whilst developing solutions for areas that lack infrastructure. The research also identified data gaps, particularly between sanitation interventions and climate action and sanitation data for vulnerable groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66f1ad4500cf435a89059b870fea9e652023-06-22T05:06:38ZengElsevierWorld Development Sustainability2772-655X2023-06-012100038Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South AfricaLucila Carbonell0Pascale Hofmann1Nevana Srikissoon2Luiza C. Campos3Sandile Mbatha4Monica Lakhanpaul5Vishnu Mabeer6Ine Steenmans7Priti Parikh8The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL, 34 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EZ, UKThe Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL, 34 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EZ, UKeThekwini Municipality Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, 6th Floor, 41 Margaret Mncadi Avenue, Durban, 4001, South AfricaDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UKeThekwini Municipality Office of Strategic Management, 15th Floor, Nedbank Building; Durban, 4001, South AfricaUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UKeThekwini Municipality Water and Sanitation Service Unit, 2nd Floor, 3 Prior Road, Durban, 4001, South AfricaUCL Department for Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, London, UKCorresponding author at: Engineering for International Development Centre, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, The Bartlett, UCL Faculty of the Built Environment, 2nd Floor 1-19 Torrington Place London, WC1E 7HB; Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL, London, UKSignificant strides have been made in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) but with 27% of households lacking access to basic sanitation in 2020, challenges remain. While there is global evidence of sanitation linking to all 17 SDGs, similar localised linkages between sanitation and the SDGs in the context of Durban have not yet been verified. Evidencing these linkages and related co-benefits across SDGs could galvanise efforts towards mutually achieving SDG6 and other SDGs by highlighting potential funding efficiencies across multiple benefiting sectors and providing data for longer-term cross-departmental collaboration.This study bridges a persistent gap between research and policy through a collaborative process facilitating the localisation of links between sanitation and SDGs to aid reporting needs and optimise resource use based on evidence of multiple benefits across SDGs. A structured evidence appraisal process identifies linkages between sanitation and all 17 SDGs, including 83 synergies, 49 risks and 4 trade-offs.Our review reveals that lack of adequate sanitation in public spaces has implications for poverty, inequality, informality and dignity. Despite supportive policies, there is a need to enhance participation in decision-making to develop more appropriate sanitation solutions and enhance community acceptance. Findings demonstrate how local policies on sanitation contribute to reducing inequality and poverty but to achieve synergistic outcomes requires addressing existing risk, e.g. in relation to differentiated provision of sanitation solutions or policies that are not always well targeted.There are further opportunities in eThekwini to promote circularity through wastewater reuse and using faecal sludge for energy and fertilizer production. A key consideration for eThekwini's Water and Sanitation unit is to avoid negative environmental impacts whilst developing solutions for areas that lack infrastructure. The research also identified data gaps, particularly between sanitation interventions and climate action and sanitation data for vulnerable groups.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X22000374SDGseThekwiniSanitationSustainable development goalsSynergiesRisk |
| spellingShingle | Lucila Carbonell Pascale Hofmann Nevana Srikissoon Luiza C. Campos Sandile Mbatha Monica Lakhanpaul Vishnu Mabeer Ine Steenmans Priti Parikh Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa World Development Sustainability SDGs eThekwini Sanitation Sustainable development goals Synergies Risk |
| title | Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa |
| title_full | Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa |
| title_short | Localisation of links between sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals to inform municipal policy in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa |
| title_sort | localisation of links between sanitation and the sustainable development goals to inform municipal policy in ethekwini municipality south africa |
| topic | SDGs eThekwini Sanitation Sustainable development goals Synergies Risk |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X22000374 |
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