Teh, T;
(2013)
Bypassing the flush, creating new resources: analysing alternative sanitation futures in London.
Local Environment: the international journal of justice and sustainability
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10.1080/13549839.2013.847409.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Bypassing the flush, creating new resources: analysing alternative sanitation futures in London |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13549839.2013.847409 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2013.847409 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 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. |
| Keywords: | actor–network theory, coevolution, sanitation, flush toilet, sustainability, urban design |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1411607 |
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