ABSTRACT

Over a third of the current 7.3 billion people worldwide lack improved sanitation services (Baum, Luh & Bartram, 2013) and there are spatial, group, and individual inequities in access even within countries that have presumably better records of improved access (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe & World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2013). The resulting social and relational inequities and environmental degradation make the realisation of the human right to sanitation (HRS) and inclusive development (ID) pressing concerns for all levels of governance, from the international to the local levels (see 1.2).