During the 1980s, John Kalbermatten and his colleagues at the World Bank revolutionised urban sanitation planning. During the last 30 years urban sanitation planning theory has evolved from an engineering focus to a more participatory, multi-disciplinary and user-focused future, informed largely by the work of John Kalbermatten. This paper looks at a number of the most important urban sanitation planning approaches that have emerged post-Kalbermatten and seeks to trace the influence of Kalbermatten's work on their theoretical underpinnings and characteristics. The extent to which other ideas, such as the sanitation value chain, have increasingly been incorporated into planning approaches is discussed and some of the challenges affecting successful urban sanitation which lie outside of planning are considered. Final comments centre on common themes occurring in practice, the future exploration of which offers potential to inform successful sanitation delivery in the future.
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October 22 2013
Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of John Kalbermatten's influence
Ruth Kennedy-Walker;
1School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Barbara Evans;
Barbara Evans
2School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Jaime Amezaga;
Jaime Amezaga
1School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Charlotte Paterson
Charlotte Paterson
1School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2014) 4 (1): 1–14.
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Received:
April 22 2013
Accepted:
August 08 2013
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Ruth Kennedy-Walker, Barbara Evans, Jaime Amezaga, Charlotte Paterson; Challenges for the future of urban sanitation planning: critical analysis of John Kalbermatten's influence. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 1 March 2014; 4 (1): 1–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2013.164
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