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Course: Urban WASH: Working with People (WASHpeople_1.0)
Glossary: Glossary
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sanitation prevention
of human contact with all types of waste to protect health (1) |
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service a system
that supplies a public need, such as transport, communications or utilities
(e.g. electricity and water) (3) |
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sex biological
difference between male and female (8) |
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situation analysis analysis
of the situation in which a particular behaviour is displayed (8) |
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slums urban
areas that are heavily populated with sub-standard housing and very poor
living conditions (1) |
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social accountability public
officials, politicians and service providers are held accountable to the
public and service users for their conduct and performance (5) |
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social change communication communication
approaches that focus on the community as the unit of change, rather than the
individual (9) |
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social mobilisation process
that enables people to organise themselves to act collectively to achieve
desired goals (9) |
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social responsibility individuals
and organisations behaving and acting for the benefit of society at large, or
at least not causing harm to society (5) |
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solid wastes all
types of waste that are solid in form and are discarded, including paper, leftover food, plastic bags, cans,
etc. (2) |
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stakeholder any
person, organisation or group with an interest (stake) in something, such as
a particular situation, intervention, project or programme (4) |
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stakeholder engagement processes
by which the organisers of a project involve stakeholders in decisions about
it (4) |
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stakeholder mapping process
of systematically identifying and analysing all the relevant stakeholders and
their relationship to each other (4) |
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sustainability ability
to last or continue for a long time; an approach that combines environmental,
economic and social aspects to produce long-lasting development or prosperity (10) |
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