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DOI	10.2166/wcc.2014.003
	Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change
	Sherpa A.M.; Koottatep T.; Zurbrügg C.; Cissé G.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	20402244
起始页码	487
结束页码	495
卷号	5 期号:4
英文摘要	Climate change is among the major challenges that are increasing the risk of extreme weather events, such as increases in the strength and frequency of heavy precipitation, floods, and drought. Technologies currently promoted for improving access to sanitation are vulnerable to climate-related threats. In today’s context where nearly 2.5 billion people do not have access to sanitation, climate change is an additional hurdle in ensuring them access. Climate change, its impact on sanitation systems and their scope of adaptation must be addressed to accelerate sustainable sanitation coverage. This paper attempts to analyse the vulnerability and potential adaptability of certain sanitation systems with a focus on floods and will provide guidance on systems selection. The waterless system with urine diversion has the components necessary to cope with a flood situation, while the waterless system with alternating pits and the pour flush system with twin pits are less suitable. The (semi-)centralized treatment system is the least adaptable system. This paper recommends action research on the vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems in order to make informed choices based on future climatic projections to ensure sustainable sanitation systems in the face of climate change. © IWA Publishing 2014.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate change; Sanitation; Vulnerability
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Floods; Sanitation; Adaptable system; Adaptation; Extreme weather events; Heavy precipitation; Provide guidances; Sanitation systems; Treatment systems; Vulnerability; Climate change
来源期刊	Journal of Water and Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148259
作者单位	Five Hundred B Solutions Pvt. Ltd, PO Box 8640, Kathmandu, Nepal; Environmental Engineering and Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, PO Box 4, Klong LuangPathumthani 12120, Thailand; Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Sandec), Überlandstrasse 133, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland; Ecosystem Health Sciences Unit (EHS), Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Socinstrasse 57, Basel, 4002, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sherpa A.M.,Koottatep T.,Zurbrügg C.,et al. Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change[J],2014,5(4).
APA	Sherpa A.M.,Koottatep T.,Zurbrügg C.,&Cissé G..(2014).Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change.Journal of Water and Climate Change,5(4).
MLA	Sherpa A.M.,et al."Vulnerability and adaptability of sanitation systems to climate change".Journal of Water and Climate Change 5.4(2014).