Original title: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES TO WASH IN THE ERA OF OPEN DEFECATION TOWARDS A MORE CLIMATE-RESILIENT BAUCHI BUILT ENVIRONMENT (2025-2030)
Open defecation means using fields or other open spaces instead of a toilet. The study reviews existing WASHShort for water, sanitation, and hygiene. evidence and policy documents to identify sanitation gaps and the problems behind them. It proposes five linked actions, including toilets designed for climate hazards, safe handling of waste, community involvement, digital monitoring, and funding for long-term upkeep. Its central point is that building toilets is not enough: services must remain safe, affordable, and usable.
Imagine keeping a shared kitchen clean in a place where storms can damage the building. It is hard to keep everyone safe if you only install a sink but nobody can pay for repairs, clean the space, or agree on how to use it. In this paper, the kitchen stands for sanitation, while the repairs, shared rules, and ongoing costs stand for the linked services needed to keep toilets safe and usable.
People in Bauchi and other climate-vulnerable places face greater health risks when sanitation is unsafe and floods or droughts damage facilities. The paper argues that lasting progress depends on managing the whole sanitation service, from design and upkeep to fair access and monitoring.
The abstract describes a synthesis of existing indicators and documents, not new field measurements or a reported trial of the proposed strategy. It does not give specific cost estimates, detailed outcome measures, or evidence that the 2025–2030 framework has already improved sanitation in Bauchi or elsewhere.
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INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES TO WASH IN THE ERA OF OPEN DEFECATION TOWARDS A MORE CLIMATE-RESILIENT BAUCHI BUILT ENVIRONMENT (2025-2030) — Osunkunle Abdulmageed Abiodun, BELLO MUSBAU ADEWUMI, ALIYU MUNKAILA ABUBAKAR et al. — Journal of Environmental Management and Construction Research — doi:10.70382/bejemcr.v13i4.037
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