
Shit Matters
The potential of community-led total sanitation
Practical Action Publishing
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-85339-692-2 (ISBN)
Description
Sanitation remains one of the biggest development challenges of our time, and a long neglected issue associated with taboos and stigma. Despite growing attention and efforts, many top-down approaches to sanitation have failed, reflecting that simply providing people with a toilet does not necessarily guarantee its use. The Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach offers a more promising alternative, focusing on facilitating a profound change in people's behaviour through participatory techniques. By raising local people's awareness of the linkages between open defecation and disease through the release of powerful emotions such as disgust and shame, they are encouraged to analyse their own sanitation situation and take action themselves. The approach has proved immensely successful, however, like any development success story challenges still remain regarding scaling up with quality, inclusion of the poorest and sustainability.This book addresses both the potential and challenges of CLTS by drawing on research in Asia as well as experiences from Africa.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Rugby
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
15 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85339-692-2 (9781853396922)
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