Quenching the thirst of rapidly growing and water-insecure cities in sub-Saharan Africa

Niasse, Madiodio; Varis, Olli

doi:10.1080/07900627.2019.1707073

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“…The challenge worsens with increasing water stress at the basin level, resulting in more severe rationing and intermittency (Interviews 1, 5, 13; Niasse and Varis 2020). Moreover, there is a lack of robust and disaggregated data to accurately capture water insecurities at the household level to inform policies at the city level.…”

Section: Prioritize the Most Vulnerable: Increase Equitable Access To Safe Water And Sanitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even when connected to the public water network, there may not be water in the pipes Herslund and Mguni 2019). In Dakar, due to a severe water shortage between April and July 2019, tankers were used to supplement the failing utility-managed water distribution system (Niasse and Varis 2020). In 2017, Nairobi also faced a severe drought that led to municipal rationing that is ongoing in 2021 (Interview 2; Ndege 2017).…”

Section: Unaffordable Unreliable and Unsafe Access To Water And Sanitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The dominant approach followed the conventional, centralized system and network of gray infrastructure with limited coverage, mostly serving white neighborhoods and/ or the African elites while excluding the majority of Africans. These under-served groups relied on traditional means for water access (e.g., selfproviding from local wells and rivers) and on-site sanitation management (e.g., pit latrines) (Barraqué and Zandaryaa 2011;Jaglin 2014;Niasse and Varis 2020;Njoh 2013). The impacts of colonial water policies remain a major challenge in some areas.…”

Section: The Political Economy Of Water In African Cities: a Look At Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This theory assumes that societies will inevitably change from traditional to modern; it typically frames this social change as "catching up with the West's" capital-intensive, large-scale modern technologies with little consideration for the local context and increasing disparities between different social groups (Goldman 2015;Mabogunje 1990). This approach increased dependency on dominant Global North perspectives and expensive centralized urban water systems while failing to address the disparity between the few urban elites concentrated in former colonial neighborhoods and the rest of the city (Adams et al 2019;Goldman 2015;Habtemariam 2019;Jaglin 2014;Niasse and Varis 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…b with unequal provision across cities. Unequal provision is in large part a legacy of the colonial regimes that formally served white minority colonial neighborhoods while excluding the large majority of Africans in surrounding neighborhoods (Barraqué and Zandaryaa 2011;Jaglin 2014;Niasse and Varis 2020;Njoh 2013). Despite efforts to improve urban water systems through the postcolonial period of the 1970s-1980s, water challenges have escalated.…”

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Water Resilience in a Changing Urban Context:  Africa's Challenge and Pathways for Action

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Cities in Africa face escalating water-related challenges, compounded by worsening climate change and rising urbanization. Water insecurity threatens economies, livelihoods and the health and wellbeing of billions. The answer: smart, systematic investments in urban water resilience that ensure communities have safe, reliable and affordable water; and that water resources are protected through disaster preparedness and water-sensitive infrastructure. Water Resilience in a Changing Urban Context: Africa's Challenge and Pathways for Action, demonstrates that African cities can address these challenges with a fresh approach centered on water resilience. This publication frames core challenges and major barriers that prevent water resilience in African countries. The authors, experts in water resilience, highlight the potential power of city-regions in Africa to drive transformation. It offers four priority pathways for action as a starting point for cities to build urban water resilience: 1) plan for water, 2) prioritize the most vulnerable, 3) create change at scale and 4) get finance right. Water resilience is essential to many development goals, from the Sustainable Development Goals and UN Habitat’s New Urban Agenda, to the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Paris Agreement.

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Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

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The world is nearing the 2030 target‐year by which sustainable development goals (SDGs) should be achieved. While other developing regions seem to be making progress toward achieving SDG6, sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is lagging behind significantly, particularly with regard to access to water supply and sanitation (WSS). As a result, most studies evaluating progress toward the achievement of water security SDGs in SSA have focused on WSS while the rest of the SDG6 targets have received scant attention, often using fragmented or incomplete evidence. Here, we fill this knowledge gap by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the status of SDG6 in all 48 countries in SSA. We provide a review of the progress made, the challenges affecting each SDG6 target and examine the different political, socioeconomic, and environmental factors with potential to undermine the achievement of SDG6 in the region. Our review clearly demonstrates that it is likely that most countries may not achieve water security by 2030. The complex nature of the challenges and factors impeding the achievement of water security in SSA outlined here suggests that a holistic intervention involving local, national, and international stakeholders and the research community is urgently needed to address SDG6 if the 2030 target date is to be met. Approaches to enhance water security may equally consider: (a) underpinning peace and security in SSA and (b) the commitment of more financial resources by donors particularly during this period of COVID‐19 pandemic. This article is categorized under: Human Water Human Water > Water Governance Engineering Water > Planning Water

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Water Challenges in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa

Nyika

Dinka

2023

SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology

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Quenching the thirst of rapidly growing and water-insecure cities in sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 21 publications

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Water Resilience in a Changing Urban Context:  Africa's Challenge and Pathways for Action

Water Resilience in a Changing Urban Context:  Africa's Challenge and Pathways for Action

Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

Water Challenges in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa

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