Indicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review

The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services in order to identify gaps in knowledge. The methodological approach used was to conduct online searches using the databases of Google Scholar, Web of Science, Pub Med, the International Wat...

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Autores principales:	Victor Dang Mvongo, Célestin Defo, Martin Tchoffo
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	index rural area sustainability water service Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cdf1715a8ea2409b927934140f70c92a2021-11-23T18:55:21ZIndicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review1606-97491607-079810.2166/ws.2021.096https://doaj.org/article/cdf1715a8ea2409b927934140f70c92a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ws.iwaponline.com/content/21/7/3267https://doaj.org/toc/1606-9749https://doaj.org/toc/1607-0798The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services in order to identify gaps in knowledge. The methodological approach used was to conduct online searches using the databases of Google Scholar, Web of Science, Pub Med, the International Water Association, and ResearchGate. Several indices have been identified in the literature including the Canadian Water Sustainability Index, Index of Drinking Water Adequacy, the Sustainable Water Governance Index, equity index in water and sanitation, WASH performance Index, Sustainable Water Management Index, and Index of water service quality. However, these indices do not provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of water services. In addition, these indices select only a few evaluation criteria deemed relevant. In other words, these indices choose to make visible certain phenomena and therefore make others invisible, according to the logic of action of each and to certain social compromises. These difficulties therefore encourage the development of a new index to provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of rural water services. HIGHLIGHTS The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services.; Several indices have been identified in the literature.; However, these indices do not provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of water services.; These difficulties encourage the development of a new index of rural water service.;Victor Dang MvongoCélestin DefoMartin TchoffoIWA Publishingarticleindexrural areasustainabilitywater serviceWater supply for domestic and industrial purposesTD201-500River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Supply, Vol 21, Iss 7, Pp 3267-3281 (2021)
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topic	index rural area sustainability water service Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
spellingShingle	index rural area sustainability water service Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506 Victor Dang Mvongo Célestin Defo Martin Tchoffo Indicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review
description	The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services in order to identify gaps in knowledge. The methodological approach used was to conduct online searches using the databases of Google Scholar, Web of Science, Pub Med, the International Water Association, and ResearchGate. Several indices have been identified in the literature including the Canadian Water Sustainability Index, Index of Drinking Water Adequacy, the Sustainable Water Governance Index, equity index in water and sanitation, WASH performance Index, Sustainable Water Management Index, and Index of water service quality. However, these indices do not provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of water services. In addition, these indices select only a few evaluation criteria deemed relevant. In other words, these indices choose to make visible certain phenomena and therefore make others invisible, according to the logic of action of each and to certain social compromises. These difficulties therefore encourage the development of a new index to provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of rural water services. HIGHLIGHTS The aim of this paper is to present the state of the art on the sustainability indices of rural water services.; Several indices have been identified in the literature.; However, these indices do not provide an integrative, contextualized and prospective analysis of the sustainability of water services.; These difficulties encourage the development of a new index of rural water service.;
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title	Indicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review
title_short	Indicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review
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title_sort	indicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review
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Indicator-based rural water service sustainability assessment: a review

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