EAN: 9789811677137

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THE SANITATION T...

This open access book deals with global sanitation  where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling
access to sanitation services for all  but has not yet been achieved in low- and middle-income
countries. The transition from the United Nations MDGs to the SDGs requires more consideration
based on the socio-cultural aspects of global sanitation. In other words  equitable sanitation
for those in vulnerable situations could be based on socio-cultural contexts. Sanitation is a
system that comprises not only a latrine but also the works for the treatment and disposal of
human waste. Sanitation systems do not function by themselves but have significance only
through social management. The process of decision-making also largely depends on
socio-cultural conditions  and the importance of sanitation needs to be socially acknowledged.
The health benefits of sanitation improvement-among the significant contributions of
sanitation-also need to be considered in the socio-cultural milieu. Further  the social-culture
itself is affected  and potentially even created  by sanitation. In this context  more progress
on the improvement of sanitation requires a more holistic approach across disciplines. In this
book  we present the concept of the Sanitation Triangle  which considers the interconnections
of health  materials  and socio-culture in sanitation  as a holistic approach  and the case
studies based on the Sanitation Triangle by diverse disciplines such as Cultural Anthropology 
Development Studies  Health Sciences  Engineering  and Science Communication. By the deep
theoretical examinations and inter-dialogues between the different disciplines  this book
explores the potentialities of inter-disciplinary studies on global sanitation.

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