Kenan Okurut|Katrina Charles
Household demand for sanitation improvements in low-income informal settlements: A case of East African cities
Makerere University|University of Surrey|University of Oxford
informal urban settlements present range challenges sanitation provision including low incomes insecure tenure low education levels difficult topography transitory populations household stratified probability survey complemented focus group discussions interviews undertaken lowincome informal settlements kigali rwanda kampala uganda kisumu kenya assess household sanitation demand status identify barriers catalysts demand sanitation improvements areas cities five progressive decisionstage sanitation demand model revealed similar proportions respondents already installed systems kigali 132 kampala 125 less 10 kisumu however higher proportion kigali categories preference intent choice kisumu 32 respondents indicated considered installing installed household sanitation facility reported barriers catalysts varied demand stages across cities differences attitudes stages demand three cities highlight need tailor programmes meet local demand sanitation improvements specific community