Community-based approaches are of fundamental importance in the development of rural water supply and sanitation.
Three case studies demonstrate that, by means of negotiation, need assessment, community participation, community-based management and appropriate technology, a reasonable degree of success can be achieved in providing an adequate and safe drinking water supply to most unserved communities.
The research also shows that necessary negotiations with the government are often more complex and time-consuming than those with the community itself. Either the weight of bureaucratic processes or the lack of capacity and willingness on the part of the government to implement small-scale water projects using community-based
approaches, were the reasons for the complexity of negotiations in one case study.
It was also found that self-initiated projects with strong back-up support from development agencies are more successful than are projects initiated from outside.
It was also noticed that community-based management is feasible and that it can lead to sustainable development. / Sociology / M.A (Social Science)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/17474 |
| Date | 01 1900 |
| Creators | Mogane-Ramahotswa, Baby |
| Contributors | Marais, Sandra, 1948-, Beselaar, M. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (181 leaves) |
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