Disaster Risk Management, Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines, and Sanitation Challenges in South Africa

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24530%2F22%3A00010880" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24530/22:00010880 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/11/6934" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/11/6934</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14116934" target="_blank" >10.3390/su14116934</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Disaster Risk Management, Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines, and Sanitation Challenges in South Africa

Original language description

The current paper provides a review and meta-analysis of the practical implications of disaster risk management related to the ventilated improved latrines in South Africa. This technology is evaluated through its legacy and novel challenges of disaster risk reduction. In the current article, the methodology adopted was a literature review and meta-analyses. The results indicate that the in-situ treatment and breakdown of faecal sludge in the ventilated improved pit latrines is not always taking place and that anaerobic digestion might not always be feasible. New strategies are proposed to manage the sanitation-related risks in South Africa by specifying more exact dimensions for the newly built ventilated improved pit latrines by suggesting the use of novel sanitation additives such as fly ash to enhance on-site and in situ treatment, as well as ex situ treatment of the pit latrine faecal sludge. Regular maintenance can lead to prevention of the dysfunctional character of the ventilated improved pit latrines as a functional sanitation technology and a user-friendly hygiene barrier to the spread of sanitation/WASH-related epidemics or infectious diseases. The implementation of the novel strategies should be enhanced by the application of the (Environmental) Technology Assessment in sanitation service delivery in South Africa.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

33

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000808611000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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