Geography matters for sanitation! Spatial heterogeneity of the district-level correlates of open defecation in India

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F22%3A10447424" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/22:10447424 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Io1TUS3HQE" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Io1TUS3HQE</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12402" target="_blank" >10.1111/sjtg.12402</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Geography matters for sanitation! Spatial heterogeneity of the district-level correlates of open defecation in India

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper quantitatively analyzes the spatial heterogeneity of district-level correlates of open defecation in rural India. We employ standard non-spatial regression, spatially explicit regressions and multi-scale geographically weighted regression to compare the stability of measurable correlates of open defecation across these different methods as well as across analyzed spatial units. Attributes like ownership of household assets, drinking water inaccessibility and prevalent literacy rates were identified as the most stable district-level correlates of open defecation. Our results also demonstrated the relevance of our hypotheses about (a) possible negative sanitation externalities stemming from the co-concentration of Scheduled Caste communities and other communities in densely populated rural districts, and (b) possible positive sanitation externalities stemming from the co-concentration of Muslim and non-Muslim communities in densely populated districts. Overall, however, our analyses demonstrate notable spatial clustering and significant spatial non-stationarity of examined variables. Therefore, in our opinion, research findings that ignore spatial heterogeneity of sanitation drivers provide incomplete information for policy development and implementation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Geography matters for sanitation! Spatial heterogeneity of the district-level correlates of open defecation in India

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper quantitatively analyzes the spatial heterogeneity of district-level correlates of open defecation in rural India. We employ standard non-spatial regression, spatially explicit regressions and multi-scale geographically weighted regression to compare the stability of measurable correlates of open defecation across these different methods as well as across analyzed spatial units. Attributes like ownership of household assets, drinking water inaccessibility and prevalent literacy rates were identified as the most stable district-level correlates of open defecation. Our results also demonstrated the relevance of our hypotheses about (a) possible negative sanitation externalities stemming from the co-concentration of Scheduled Caste communities and other communities in densely populated rural districts, and (b) possible positive sanitation externalities stemming from the co-concentration of Muslim and non-Muslim communities in densely populated districts. Overall, however, our analyses demonstrate notable spatial clustering and significant spatial non-stationarity of examined variables. Therefore, in our opinion, research findings that ignore spatial heterogeneity of sanitation drivers provide incomplete information for policy development and implementation.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-10396S" target="_blank" >GA19-10396S: Udržitelnost změn sanitačních poměrů v zemích s nízkým a středním příjmem</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

ISSN

0129-7619

e-ISSN

1467-9493

Svazek periodika

43

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SG - Singapurská republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

62-84

Kód UT WoS článku

000722449200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85119850857