Barriers and coping strategies of households with no access to drinking water and waterborne sanitation in two low-income neighbourhoods in Botswana

《Barriers and coping strategies of households with no access to drinking water and waterborne sanitation in two low-income neighbourhoods in Botswana》

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作者: Benjamin Bolaane;Nnyaladzi Tema;Botlhe Phuthologo

来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.115,P.102372

语言: 英文

关键字: Barriers;Drinking water;Waterborne sanitation;Coping strategies;Social inclusion;Botswana

作者单位: Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Botswana, Botswana;Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Botswana, Botswana

摘要: The importance of access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities have by and large driven the global water, sanitation and hygiene agenda. However, a large segment of the global population, particularly in developing countries remain without access. Botswana has made significant strides towards improving access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation, but there have been observations in certain low-income neighbourhoods in Gaborone and Francistown that some households lacked access to such services. Furthermore, the coping strategies used by households to mitigate lack of access to drinking water and sanitation services were unclear. This study established barriers to household accessing drinking water and waterborne sanitation in urban neighbourhoods of Botswana and determined coping strategies employed by households without access. It is a cross-sectional survey of two neighbourhoods of Old Naledi (Gaborone) and Monarch North (Francistown). A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview household respondents that were purposively selected. It was found that land tenure with its different manifestations is the primary barrier to access to safe drinking water and waterborne sanitation services. Households who lacked access to drinking water mainly fetched water from their neighbours and contributed to the water bill, while those without access to waterborne sanitation used pit latrines as their sanitation option. The study recommends that in order to facilitate drinking water and waterborne sanitation access it is important that the socio-economic conditions of potential beneficiaries are understood at a low level of aggregation such as a household to enable household-specific policy interventions.