Addressing WaSH challenges in Pacific Island Countries: A participatory marketing systems mapping approach to empower informal settlement community action

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• 作者：Stephen Graham Saunders^a ; ^{stephen.saunders@monash.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Dani J. Barrington^b ; Srinivas Sridharan^a ; Semisi Meo^c ; Wade Hadwen^d ; Katherine F. Shields^e ; Regina Souter^f ; Jamie K. Bartram^e
• 关键词：Systems mapping ; Developing countries ; Participatory action research ; Water ; Sanitation ; Hygiene
• 刊名：Habitat International
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：55
• 期：Complete
• 页码：159-166
• 全文大小：762 K

文摘

Addressing complex and challenging issues entails access to credible systems information in the form of systems maps or diagrams. The purpose of our paper is to describe a participatory action research (PAR) systems mapping activity that was undertaken by an urban informal settlement community in a small Pacific Island Country. A total of 19 households participated in a systems mapping activity to map a household-level water or sanitation system. The individual household systems maps and related data were then used to construct a de-identified aggregated water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) marketing systems map (and accompanying narratives) for the informal settlement. We present the marketing systems map, which delineated a series of marketing exchanges, and report on how the map assisted the community to address a number of expressed needs. We conclude by suggesting that systems mapping is a valuable activity that communities could undertake to generate credible systems information to inform and empower collective planning and actions.