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dc.contributor.authorSchoebitz, Lars
dc.contributor.authorBischoff, Fabian
dc.contributor.authorLohri, Christian Riuji
dc.contributor.authorNiwagaba, Charles B.
dc.contributor.authorSiber, Rosi
dc.contributor.authorStrande, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T13:23:21Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T13:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/5522
dc.description.abstractThe majority of residents in low- and middle-income countries are served by onsite sanitation. Equitable access to sanitation, including emptying, collection, and transport services for the accumulation of faecal sludge remains a major challenge. Comprehensive information on service coverage by mechanical faecal sludge emptying service providers is lacking. The purpose of this study is to analyse the spatial distribution of service coverage and identify areas without faecal sludge emptying services in Kampala, Uganda. The study uses GIS (geographic information systems) as a tool to analyse real-time data of service providers based on GPS (global positioning system) units that were installed in a representative number of trucks. Of the total recorded 5653 emptying events, 27% were located outside Kampala city boundaries. Of those within Kampala city boundaries, 37% were classified as non-household customers. Areas without service provision accounted for 13% of the total area. Service provision normalised by population density revealed much greater service provision in medium- and high-income areas than low- and very low-income areas. The employed method provides a powerful tool to optimise faecal sludge management on a city-wide scale by increasing sustainability of the planning and decision-making process, increasing access to service provision and reducing faecal sludge transport times and costs.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPI AGen_US
dc.subjectSafely managed sanitationen_US
dc.subjectInformation and communications technologyen_US
dc.subjectFaecal sludge managementen_US
dc.subjectOnsite sanitationen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectSewarage treatmenten_US
dc.titleGIS analysis and optimisation of faecal sludge logistics at city-wide scale in Kampala, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US


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