Implications of environmental sanitation management for sustainable livelihoods in the catchment area of Benya Lagoon in Ghana

IF 2.6 4区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Justice Mensah, F. Enu-kwesi
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Abstract

ABSTRACT The study explored the implications of environmental sanitation for three coastal livelihood activities, namely fishing, tourism and salt production. Qualitative data were collected from purposively selected respondents through key informant interviews and focus group discussions, and analysed using thematic and most significant stories approaches. The study found that sanitation affected livelihoods associated with tourism, fishing and salt production through its implications for health, productivity, income, job security and sustainability of the physical environment. However, while virtually all respondents acknowledged the effect of sanitation on human capital through the health implications, a substantial part of the people who eked their living from the stated livelihood activities did not appreciate the link between sanitation and these livelihood avenues. Sanitation behavioural change communication messaging by the responsible actors should, therefore, stress the relevance of sanitation not only for human health but also the linkage between sanitation and sustainable livelihood in its entirety.
加纳本雅泻湖集水区环境卫生管理对可持续生计的影响
摘要本研究探讨了环境卫生对三种沿海生计活动的影响,即渔业、旅游业和盐业。通过关键信息提供者访谈和焦点小组讨论,从有目的地选择的受访者中收集定性数据,并使用主题和最重要故事方法进行分析。研究发现,卫生设施通过对健康、生产力、收入、工作保障和自然环境可持续性的影响,影响与旅游、渔业和盐业生产相关的生计。然而,虽然几乎所有答复者都承认环境卫生通过对健康的影响而对人力资本产生影响,但大部分依靠所述生计活动维持生计的人并不了解环境卫生与这些生计途径之间的联系。因此,负责任行为者的环境卫生行为改变宣传信息应强调环境卫生不仅与人类健康有关,而且与整个可持续生计之间的联系有关。
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3.90
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13
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences (JIES) provides a stimulating, informative and critical forum for intellectual debate on significant environmental issues. It brings together perspectives from a wide range of disciplines and methodologies in both the social and natural sciences in an effort to develop integrative knowledge about the processes responsible for environmental change. The Journal is especially concerned with the relationships between science, society and policy and one of its key aims is to advance understanding of the theory and practice of sustainable development.
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