Measuring water collection times in Kenyan informal settlements
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This paper uses GPS loggers and interviews to measure the time taken to collect water in two Kenyan informal settlements. The time devoted to water collection is widely believed to prevent women and girls, who do most of this work, from undertaking more creative tasks, including income generation and education. We studied collection times in two settlements to compare Nyalenda in Kisumu, where the utility has introduced a new piped water system, with Kibera in Nairobi, where no such improvement has been made. In addition to the primary results of quantitative collections times, we discuss the use of GPS in this context and our findings that the two methods of measurement provide insights which neither would have provided alone.
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There is evidence that households' ability to recall water collection times is problematic.
“Furthermore, there is evidence that households’ ability to recall water collection times is problematic.”
From An Analysis of Water Collection Labor among Women and Children in 24 Sub-Saharan African Countries (2016) · cites this paper as [22]
In some cases, researchers found that households would collect water from more distant sources because it was free of charge.
“In some cases, the researchers found that households would collect water from more distant sources because it was free of charge [22].”
From An Analysis of Water Collection Labor among Women and Children in 24 Sub-Saharan African Countries (2016) · cites this paper as [22]
Davis et al. (2012) found that GPS data indicated significantly shorter water collection times than data collected from household interviews.
“The data from the GPS units indicated significantly shorter times than the data collected from household interviews.”
From An Analysis of Water Collection Labor among Women and Children in 24 Sub-Saharan African Countries (2016) · cites this paper as [22]
In the African context, most of women's tasks in the household such as cooking, washing, drinking and child-rearing rely considerably on water and sanitation services.
“In the African context, most of women’s tasks in the household such as cooking, washing, drinking and child-rearing, rely considerably on water and sanitation services [23] [24].”
From Barriers to access improved water and sanitation in poor peri-urban settlements of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (2018) · cites this paper as [23]
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- Authors
- Davis, J., Crow, B., & Miles, J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- ORCID
- Davis, James
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2012-03-12
- Pages
- 114-121
- OpenAlex
- W2035442082
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 16.11
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Keywords
- water collection time, informal settlements, women and girls, time use, GPS loggers, Kibera, urban water supply, gender and water
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