Learning Outcomes for Study Session 1

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

1.1  Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold. (SAQs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3)

1.2  Describe the similarities and differences between ‘sanitation’ and ‘waste management’. (SAQ 1.2)

1.3  Describe the sanitation ladder and the waste hierarchy. (SAQ 1.3)

1.4  Describe the particular features of urban areas that influence sanitation and waste management. (SAQ 1.4)

1.5  Understand the current status of sanitation and waste management in Ethiopia and the policies that exist to improve the situation. (SAQ 1.5)

1.1  What are sanitation and waste management?