Rethinking Sustainability, Scaling Up, and Enabling Environment: A Framework for Their Implementation in Drinking Water Supply

Water

Urooj Q. Amjad¹  Edema Ojomo¹  Kristen Downs¹  Ryan Cronk¹  Jamie Bartram¹ 

[1] The Water Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7431, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431, USA; E-Mails:

关键词: sustainability;    scaling up;    enabling environment;    drinking water supply;    implementation;    normalization process theory;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w7041497

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The terms sustainability, scaling up, and enabling environment are inconsistently used in implementing water supply projects. To clarify these terms we develop a framework based on Normalization Process Theory, and apply the framework to a hypothetical water supply project in schools. The resulting framework provides guidance on how these terms could be implemented and analyzed in water supply projects. We conclude that effective use of the terms sustainability, scaling up, and enabling environment would focus on purpose, process, and perspective. This is the first known attempt to analyze the implementation of the three terms together in the context of water supply services.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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