[HTML][HTML] Can 'functionality'save the community management model of rural water supply?

L Whaley, F Cleaver - Water resources and rural development, 2017 - Elsevier
As attention increasingly turns to the sustainability of rural water supplies-and not simply
overall levels of coverage or access-water point functionality has become a core concern for …

The importance of user acceptance, support, and behaviour change for the implementation of decentralized water technologies

N Contzen, J Kollmann, HJ Mosler - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Decentralized water treatment technologies could help in addressing global key water
issues. Their successful implementation, however, depends on users' positive valuation and …

[PDF][PDF] Trends in rural water supply: Towards a service delivery approach

P Moriarty, S Smits, J Butterworth… - Water …, 2013 - water-alternatives.org
Behind headline successes in providing first-time access to water lie a number of pressing
challenges to the dominant approach to rural water supply in developing countries, namely …

The enabling environment for participation in water and sanitation: A conceptual framework

A Jiménez, H LeDeunff, R Giné, J Sjödin, R Cronk… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Participatory approaches are an important component of institutional frameworks for the
governance of water resources and services. Studies on public participation in water …

Exploring gender perceptions of resource ownership and their implications for food security among rural livestock owners in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua

A Galiè, A Mulema, MA Mora Benard… - Agriculture & Food …, 2015 - Springer
Background Productive resources are essential to the livelihoods and food security of the
world's rural poor. Gender-equal ownership of resources is considered key to increasing …

Long-term functionality of rural water services in developing countries: a system dynamics approach to understanding the dynamic interaction of factors

JP Walters, AN Javernick-Will - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Research has shown that sustainability of rural water infrastructure in developing countries
is largely affected by the dynamic and systemic interactions of technical, social, financial …

[HTML][HTML] Pump-priming payments for sustainable water services in rural Africa

J Koehler, P Thomson, R Hope - World Development, 2015 - Elsevier
Locally managed handpumps provide water services to around 200 million people in rural
Africa. Handpump failures often result in extended service disruption leading to high but …

The role of social capital and sense of ownership in rural community-managed water systems: Qualitative evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia

E Kelly, K Lee, KF Shields, R Cronk, N Behnke… - Journal of Rural …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many water systems in rural areas of low-and middle-income countries are community-
managed. Ensuring the long-term sustainability of community-managed systems is important …

Community participation and water supply sustainability: evidence from handpump projects in rural Ghana

SJ Marks, K Komives, J Davis - Journal of Planning …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigate the extent to which different forms of community participation explain
variation in handpump sustainability using data collected from 200 rural communities in …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways to sustainability: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of rural water supply programs

SJ Marks, E Kumpel, J Guo, J Bartram… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite recent progress extending access to drinking water supplies globally, ensuring long-
term functionality of rural water infrastructure remains challenging. Past research on rural …