PRA: A Tool to Address WatSan Issues and Achieve the Standard In Low Income Settlements An empirical study on a Dhaka slum

Authors

  • Dipita Hossain Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Nushrat Jahan Advocacy Officer, Concern Worldwide
  • Md Imam Hossain Community Planning Training Assistant, UNDP
  • Khadija Akhter Graduate Student, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Ishrat Islam Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Naila Sharmeen Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbip.v6i1.76972

Keywords:

Urban Planning

Abstract

Most of the slums in Dhaka lack in safe water supply and sanitation facilities. This study was performed in a slum situated near Mohammadpur embankment known as Shopon’s slum. Participatory rural appraisal method was used to collect information and analyze the WatSan problems of the slum. It is built on low lying marsh land and stagnant water. Water supply is illegally obtained from municipal connection and insanitary hanging latrines are used. According to the analysis lack of property rights, financing, lack of space and low elevation are the main reasons for water-sanitation problem of the slum. Resulting effects are inconvenience, long waiting time, disease outbreak, water logging etc. After considering standards set by DPHE and slum dwellers demand, a submerged septic tank system based sanitation plan and a legal water supply with storage tank and collection points for the community is proposed. PRA tools were proved to be helpful for this purpose.

Vol. 6, December 2013, pp. 73-85

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Published

2013-12-30

How to Cite

Dipita Hossain, Nushrat Jahan, Md Imam Hossain, Khadija Akhter, Ishrat Islam, & Naila Sharmeen. (2013). PRA: A Tool to Address WatSan Issues and Achieve the Standard In Low Income Settlements An empirical study on a Dhaka slum. Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners, 6(1), 73–85. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbip.v6i1.76972

Issue

Vol. 6 (2013)

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