Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services

《Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services – Evidence from Kampala, Uganda》

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作者: Sam Kayaga;Julie Fisher;Susie Goodall;Christopher Kanyesigye;Rose Kaggwa;Maria Nambiro;Ronald Kitakufe;John Bosco Otema;Ronald Mafunguro;Gerald Ahabwe

关键字: Livelihoods;Multiple use water services;Productive uses;Slums;Water supply;Water utility

作者单位: Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Plot 3 Nakasero, P.O. Box 7053, Kampala, Uganda;Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Plot 3 Nakasero, P.O. Box 7053, Kampala, Uganda

摘要: Slums, one of the main faces of urban poverty, are escalating in Sub-Saharan countries and other developing countries. Achievement of the overly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals will require cross-sectoral interventions. A good example is the Multiple Use water Services (MUS) framework, a livelihood-centred approach that is implemented in rural areas of over twenty countries, where water supply primarily designed for domestic or irrigation purposes is also used for productive uses (e.g. animal husbandry) to improve householders' livelihoods. This paper reports on a study conducted in 2017/18 in Kampala (Uganda) which adapted the existing rural-based MUS framework into a slum-specific framework. The study found that using utility-supplied water for productive uses was predominant in the slums, albeit unrecognised by the water utility. Implementation of the slum-specific MUS framework will be effective only with the water utility's recognition/support, probably as part of its philanthropic portfolio. Livelihoods-based NGOs could provide further ‘software’ support.