Disaster management policy options to address the sanitation challenges in South Africa

Hoossein, Shafick; Tandlich, Roman; Whittington-Jones, Kevin J; Laubscher, Richard K; Madikizela, Phindile; Zuma, Bongumusa M

Title: Disaster management policy options to address the sanitation challenges in South Africa
Creator: Hoossein, Shafick
Creator: Tandlich, Roman
Creator: Whittington-Jones, Kevin J
Creator: Laubscher, Richard K
Creator: Madikizela, Phindile
Creator: Zuma, Bongumusa M
Date Issued: 2016
Date: 2016
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/75938
Identifier: vital:30485
Identifier: https://www.neha.org/node/28591
Description: The current population of South Africa has been migrating into informal urban settlements that lack adequate sanitation service delivery, caused at least in part by the lack of the necessary skills in the local government sector and the lack of buy in from the community into the provided sanitation facilities. The authors report results of policy research into the relevant disaster management options that could be applied to improve the sanitation service delivery in South Africa. The best policy option was identified as the draft Disaster Management Regulations: Disaster Management. Local government can use these tools through the formation of the volunteer units from the nongovernmental organization sector, the business community, and from among the end users of sanitation facilities. Formation of the volunteer unit should follow the principles of cooperative governance and participatory approach to disaster management. Implementation should be facilitated through the adoption of locally specific municipal by laws.
Format: 7 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of environmental health
Relation: Hoossein, S., Tandlich, R., Whittington-Jones, K., Laubscher, R., Madikizela, P. and Zuma, B.M., 2016. Disaster Management Policy Options to Address the Sanitation Challenges in South Africa. Journal of environmental health, 78(7).
Relation: Journal of environmental health volume 78 number 7 1 7 March 2016 0022-0892
Rights: National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Terms of Use statement (https://www.neha.org/terms-use)

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