Sanitation
assessment and recommendations for urban upgrading in low-income peri-urban settlements
in Bishkek and Osh
Many of the residents living in low-income
settlements (novostroykas) on the outskirts of Bishkek and Osh lack access to
basic infrastructure and municipal services and live in environmental conditions
that adversely affect their health and livelihoods. In order to identify priority
interventions and formulate appropriate improvement strategies, the study involved
an assessment of environmental conditions in relation to the coverage and quality
of sanitation infrastructure and services. Based upon an understanding of the
existing problems and prevailing socio-economic context, combined with consultation
with relevant government agencies, non-governmental organisations and community
groups, the study resulted in recommendations for urban upgrading designed to
improve basic sanitary conditions and the livelihoods of novostroyka residents.
These recommendations were concretised in an intervention strategy based upon
the use of appropriate technologies, mobilisation of local resources and cost
recovery as key components of a proposed future project to be implemented by the
Government of Kyrgyzstan with financial support from the World Bank.
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