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Abstract Poor sanitation in urban slums results in increased prevalence of diseases and pollution of the environment. Excreta, grey water and solid wastes are the major contributors to the pollution load into the slum environment and pose risk on public health. The high rates of urbanization and population growth, poor accessibility and lack of legal...
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Abstract Through a descriptive and exploratory approach, and by review and deduction of archival and documentary resources, supplemented by empirical evidence from case studies, this thesistraces, analyses and describes the historic trajectory of planning events in Kampala City,Uganda, since the inception of modern town planning in 1903, and runs through the variousplanning episodes of 1912,...
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Abstract Ecological sanitation (Ecosan) is a relatively new concept being promoted in many developing countries to improve sanitation coverage and recycle nutrients in excreta for agricultural production. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Kabale municipality, western Uganda to determine the coverage of Ecosan and factors affecting its uptake. A total of 806 respondents were interviewed, randomly selected from...
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Abstract The ROSA project promotes resources-oriented sanitation concepts as a route to sustainable and ecologically sound sanitation. These concepts shall be applied in four cities in Eastern Africa, namely Arba Minch (Ethiopia), Nakuru (Kenya), Arusha (Tanzania) and Kitgum (Uganda). The project consortium comprises two partners from each of these countries, a university and the municipality as an end-user. For...
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Abstract In Uganda, sanitation coverage is estimated at 53% and 39% for urban and rural areas respectively. The nationalcoverage is 41%. Lack of proper sanitation potentially leads to environmental health problems, which in manycases cost lives and impact on health of a community and family income as more money is spent on medication.This leads to...
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