Department of Civil Engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Int J Environ Health Res. 2010 Aug;20(4):231-57. doi: 10.1080/09603120903545745.
Like most cities in developing countries, Uganda's capital city, Kampala, is experiencing urbanisation leading to an increase in population, and rapid development of peri-urban (informal) settlements. More than 60% of the city's population resides in these settlements which have the lowest basic service levels (sanitation, water supply, solid waste collection, stormwater and greywater disposal). A review of earlier studies on infrastructure development and sustainability within Kampala's peri-urban settlements, field surveys in a typical peri-urban settlement in the city (Bwaise III Parish), and structured interviews with key personnel from the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Kampala City Council (KCC), and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) were undertaken. Findings on current environmental health practices as well as perspectives of local communities and interviewed institutions on problems, constraints and possible solutions to basic service provision are presented. The implications of these viewpoints for possible environmental health interventions are presented.
与发展中国家的大多数城市一样，乌干达首都坎帕拉正在经历城市化进程，导致人口增加和城市周边（非正式）住区的快速发展。超过 60%的城市人口居住在这些住区，这些住区的基本服务水平最低（卫生、供水、固体废物收集、雨水和灰水处置）。对坎帕拉城市周边住区基础设施发展和可持续性的早期研究进行了回顾，对该市一个典型的城市周边住区（Bwaise III 教区）进行了实地调查，并对来自国家水务局（NWSC）、坎帕拉市议会（KCC）和国家环境管理局（NEMA）的关键人员进行了结构化访谈。介绍了当前环境卫生做法的调查结果，以及当地社区和接受采访的机构对基本服务提供方面存在的问题、制约因素和可能解决方案的看法。介绍了这些观点对可能的环境卫生干预措施的影响。
