eprintid: 1411607 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/41/16/07 datestamp: 2013-10-30 19:38:39 lastmod: 2020-02-12 15:49:49 status_changed: 2013-10-30 19:38:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Teh, T title: Bypassing the flush, creating new resources: analysing alternative sanitation futures in London ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F39 keywords: actor–network theory, coevolution, sanitation, flush toilet, sustainability, urban design note: © 2013 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. abstract: The flush toilet is an illogical form of sanitation from the point of view of water conservation, nutrient recovery and water pollution. Places such as London, with one of the oldest flushing toilet and sewer systems in the world, bears witness to the limits of its universal applicability through dwindling freshwater resources and polluted waterways. It is therefore important to develop new forms of sanitation infrastructure. An actor–network theory coevolution framework is used to explore and gain insights into the coevolution pathways for new types and paradigms of sanitation in London, where waterborne sanitation is currently prevalent. This approach shows that while flushing toilets are currently stable network configurations, there are coevolution pathways that would shift the system towards dry sanitation. The quantity of freshwater resources available for toilet flushing was the main actant cited for the development of these coevolution pathways. date: 2013-10-25 publisher: Taylor and Francis official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2013.847409 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 912812 doi: 10.1080/13549839.2013.847409 lyricists_name: Teh, Tse-Hui lyricists_id: TTEHX11 full_text_status: public publication: Local Environment: the international journal of justice and sustainability pagerange: 1 - 15 pages: 16 citation: Teh, T; (2013) Bypassing the flush, creating new resources: analysing alternative sanitation futures in London. Local Environment: the international journal of justice and sustainability 1 - 15. 10.1080/13549839.2013.847409 <https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2013.847409>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1411607/1/10.1080-13549839.2013.847409.pdf