Social Sustainability and Ulaanbaatar’s ‘Ger Districts’: Access and Mobility Issues and Opportunities

Hamiduddin, Iqbal; Fitzpatrick, Daniel; Plueckhahn, Rebekah; Sangi, Uurtsaikh; Batjargal, Enkhjin; Sumiyasuren, Erdenetsogt

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“…Historically, these have been the mobile settlements of nomadic herders but over the past 30 years, there has been a rapid growth of permanent residential gerdistricts in the outskirts of the Ulaanbaatar and other Mongolian cities [34]. Ger districts are currently home to one-third of the country's population [34] and around 60% of Ulaanbaatar's urban population [35]. Centralized piped water infrastructure does not extend to ger districts in Ulaanbaatar.…”

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A preliminary assessment of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia.

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2023

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Water security is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Understanding context-specific challenges and opportunities around this issue is key to improving water systems globally. This paper explores the current state of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. Ulaanbaatar is home to more than 40% of the country’s population and 60% of its national GDP. The city is located in the Tuul River basin and relies almost entirely on groundwater aquifers of the Tuul River for its supply of clean drinking water. In recent years, socio-economic stressors resulting from rapid urbanisation and environmental pressures have intensified the levels of degradation of the Tuul River and intensified the risks of water insecurity for the population of Ulaanbaatar. This study combines quantitative and qualitative methods to provide a preliminary assessment of water security at the urban level. This paper presents an urban water security index for the dimensions of water supply and sanitation, water productivity, water environment, water-related disasters and water governance. The findings and discussion are supplemented with information from key informant interviews. This paper concludes by highlighting the important limitations that exist in terms of data availability for an urban scale assessment. The results suggest that important water security inequalities also prevail within the Ulaanbaatar city-region itself which are often masked by using average scores in assessments of this sort.

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A preliminary assessment of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia.

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2023

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“…Historically, these have been the mobile settlements of nomadic herders but over the past 30 years, there has been a rapid growth of permanent residential ger-districts in the outskirts of the Ulaanbaatar and other Mongolian cities [34]. Ger districts are currently home to one-third of the country's population [34] and around 60% of Ulaanbaatar's urban population [35]. Centralized piped water infrastructure does not extend to ger districts in Ulaanbaatar.…”

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Understanding contemporary challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia

Gordillo Fuertes

2023

PLOS Water

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Water security is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Understanding context-specific challenges and opportunities around this issue is key to improving water systems globally. This paper explores the current state of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. Ulaanbaatar is home to more than 40% of the country’s population and 60% of its national GDP. The city is located in the Tuul River basin and relies almost entirely on groundwater aquifers of the Tuul River for its supply of clean drinking water. In recent years, socio-economic stressors resulting from rapid urbanisation and environmental pressures have intensified the levels of degradation of the Tuul River and intensified the risks of water insecurity for the population of Ulaanbaatar. First, this paper draws from an extensive literature review and document analysis to provide an overview of the current state of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar. Secondly, the discussion is substantiated with information from key informant interviews which aim to explain the ongoing challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar and suggest paths for improvement. This study finds that the main challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar are data unavailability, limited human and financial resources across public water sector agencies, exacerbating flood risk and ongoing water quality disparities between the central city area and peri-urban ger districts.

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Developing and evaluating transit-based healthcare accessibility in a low- and middle-income country: A case study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Chuluunbaatar³

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Habitat International

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Social Sustainability and Ulaanbaatar’s ‘Ger Districts’: Access and Mobility Issues and Opportunities

Cited by 4 publications

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A preliminary assessment of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia.

A preliminary assessment of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia.

Understanding contemporary challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia

Developing and evaluating transit-based healthcare accessibility in a low- and middle-income country: A case study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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