The grandest challenge of all: The role of environmental engineering to achieve sustainability in the world's developing regions

JR Mihelcic, CC Naughton, ME Verbyla… - Environmental …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The environmental engineering discipline has focused much of its historical efforts in
developing regions of the world on advancing environmental sustainability through …

What do we know about cooperative sustainable electrification in the global South? A synthesis of the literature and refined social-ecological systems framework

L Holstenkamp - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
It is widely acknowledged that access to modern energy services is linked to socio-economic
development. There is growing evidence that it is a necessary though not sufficient condition …

Understanding handpump sustainability: Determinants of rural water source functionality in the G reater A fram P lains region of G hana

MB Fisher, KF Shields, TU Chan… - Water resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Safe drinking water is critical to human health and development. In rural sub‐Saharan
Africa, most improved water sources are boreholes with handpumps; studies suggest that up …

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 …

Seasonality, water use and community management of water systems in rural settings: Qualitative evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia

E Kelly, KF Shields, R Cronk, K Lee, N Behnke… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The sustainability of rural, community-managed water systems in sub-Saharan Africa
depends in part on the ability of local water committees to repair breakdowns and carry out …

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 …

[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 …

A sustainability assessment of decentralized water supply systems in Bandung City, Indonesia

S Maryati, T Firman, ANS Humaira - Utilities Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Decentralized water supply systems (DWSS) are a form of community-based water supply
infrastructure common in developing countries. These systems address the limitations of …

The use of qualitative comparative analysis to identify pathways to successful and failed sanitation systems

A Davis, A Javernick-Will, SM Cook - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Sanitation systems globally fail at high rates. Researchers and practitioners attribute the
causes of both sanitation success and failure to numerous factors that include technical and …

[HTML][HTML] Can participation promote psychological ownership of a shared resource? An intervention study of community-based safe water infrastructure

B Ambuehl, BM Kunwar, A Schertenleib… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous research suggests that community-based participation, a process through which
beneficiaries can actively influence and define the direction and execution of development …