Community Participation in Solid Waste Management,

Laura Moningka, supervisors: Dr. M. Muller, Dr. Ir. F. Laroui (2000)

Most cities in developing countries face urban environmental problems and these are partly caused by inadequate provision of basic services such as water supply, sanitation facilities, transport infrastructure and waste collection. Due to a lack of financial, human and technical resources, municipalities are not able (or willing) to provide basic services to all neighbourhoods within their city. Especially the poor neighbourhoods are deprived of basic services. Many projects have been set up to deliver basic services to these low-income areas and other areas that do not have services. In order for these projects to succeed and have a lasting impact, community participation is essential. Community participation is a proccess in which community members are involved at different stages and degrees of intensity in the project cycle with the objective to build the capacity of the community to maintain services created during the project after the facilitating organisations have left.

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