Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation
For over 10 years, citywide sanitation plans have been developed, and now, citywide inclusive sanitation is being piloted globally, yet no tools exist to monitor changes in sanitation at a citywide level. This paper explores the use of Shit Flow Diagram Graphics (SFDGs) and City Service Delivery Ass...
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| description | For over 10 years, citywide sanitation plans have been developed, and now, citywide inclusive sanitation is being piloted globally, yet no tools exist to monitor changes in sanitation at a citywide level. This paper explores the use of Shit Flow Diagram Graphics (SFDGs) and City Service Delivery Assessments (CSDAs) to monitor changes in sanitation at a citywide level. This was done by documenting the changes in sanitation from 2015 to 2019 in Tiruchirappalli, India, and developing SFDGs and CSDAs for those years. The changes in the SFDGs and CSDAs were then compared with the documented changes. The SFDGs captured all changes in service delivery that affected >1% of the population, and all of the interventions in the enabling environment change in terms of appropriateness, acknowledgment, or implementation were captured by the CSDAs. Therefore, units of both tools were assessed to be appropriate for monitoring purposes. Using these tools to monitor change was complex and tedious, and this was improved by the development of Trend Graphs and Citywide CSDAs. This paper highlights the potential of Trend Graphs and Citywide CSDAs to monitor sanitation at a citywide level. Additionally, this is the first paper to attempt to monitor changes in sanitation holistically at a citywide level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f795dd38e2394899a62ed0f2f8f41c752022-12-21T17:22:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2022-01-01910.3389/fenvs.2021.751534751534Monitoring Progress in Citywide SanitationFarhad Safi0Claire Furlong1Bhitush Luthra2Suresh Kumar Rohilla3Damir Brdjanovic4Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA), Bremen, GermanyIHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, NetherlandsAthena Infonomics India Pvt., Chennai, IndiaCentre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, IndiaIHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, NetherlandsFor over 10 years, citywide sanitation plans have been developed, and now, citywide inclusive sanitation is being piloted globally, yet no tools exist to monitor changes in sanitation at a citywide level. This paper explores the use of Shit Flow Diagram Graphics (SFDGs) and City Service Delivery Assessments (CSDAs) to monitor changes in sanitation at a citywide level. This was done by documenting the changes in sanitation from 2015 to 2019 in Tiruchirappalli, India, and developing SFDGs and CSDAs for those years. The changes in the SFDGs and CSDAs were then compared with the documented changes. The SFDGs captured all changes in service delivery that affected >1% of the population, and all of the interventions in the enabling environment change in terms of appropriateness, acknowledgment, or implementation were captured by the CSDAs. Therefore, units of both tools were assessed to be appropriate for monitoring purposes. Using these tools to monitor change was complex and tedious, and this was improved by the development of Trend Graphs and Citywide CSDAs. This paper highlights the potential of Trend Graphs and Citywide CSDAs to monitor sanitation at a citywide level. Additionally, this is the first paper to attempt to monitor changes in sanitation holistically at a citywide level.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.751534/fullenabling environmentIndiasanitation toolsurban sanitationTiruchirappalli |
| spellingShingle | Farhad Safi Claire Furlong Bhitush Luthra Suresh Kumar Rohilla Damir Brdjanovic Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation Frontiers in Environmental Science enabling environment India sanitation tools urban sanitation Tiruchirappalli |
| title | Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation |
| title_full | Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation |
| title_short | Monitoring Progress in Citywide Sanitation |
| title_sort | monitoring progress in citywide sanitation |
| topic | enabling environment India sanitation tools urban sanitation Tiruchirappalli |
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