04431nas a2200457 a 4500 20260817163637.0 191008s2018 th au 000 a eng d .b12309345 AIT Thesis no.UE-18-10 Hayat, Mohammad Rafi Assessment of sanitation services and management for improving living conditions in Kandahar City, Afghanistan Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 126 p. : ill. + 1 online resource Thesis ; no. UE-18-10 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Urban Environmental Management Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 Access to safe sanitation is the most important need after air and water of human beings and several studies worldwide have proved the important role of sanitation in the living conditions of societies, but as in other cities of the country, access to improved and safe sanitation in Kandahar City is poor, therefore, the study aimed at assessing the current condition of existing sanitation facilities and their management, analyzing the issue and causes associated with the management and identifying effects of inadequate sanitation to develop management strategies for improving the quality of sanitation that will support better living conditions in Kandahar City. The study is a mixed method approach composed of both descriptive and exploratory information obtained from primary and secondary data which is collected through questionnaire survey and interviews with households and stakeholders in the study area. Later the data was analyzed for presenting the results in graphic and tabular forms and utilizing those results for strategies development. The results show that majority of households in Kandahar City face problems with sanitation facilities and its management. The key problems identified are linked with both facilities and their management for which the causes are also related with both physical and non-physical features such as socioeconomic factors, lack of infrastructure, institutional ability, budget and awareness affecting health and economy of the households and the environment. Thus, the study proposed strategies covering different aspects; administrative, technical, economic and financial and institutional of sanitary management that would help in improving of sanitation services, and it is likely to apply the proposed strategies in other developing countries as well considering their local situation. Finally, the study recommended for future studies to investigate the possibilities of upgrading unimproved facilities and study more specific about each component of the sanitation services delivery chain. Sanitation Health aspects Afghanistan Kandahar Urbanization Afghanistan Kandahar Vilas Nitivattananon, Chairperson Kim, Sohee Minsun, Examination Committee Faysse, Nicolas, Examination Committee Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), Afghanistan, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. UE-18-10 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B18500 .b12309345 mnait m 240618 0 191008 m a m 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 40 20 Barcode : 30050120895338 CREATED : 2019-05-16 RECORD # : i13185950 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120953970 CREATED : 2019-08-10 RECORD # : i13221206 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 2 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120953947 CREATED : 2019-08-10 RECORD # : i1322122x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 3 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050211031041 CREATED : 2021-11-22 RECORD # : i13355284 LPATRON : 1031592 LCHKIN : 2023-11-04 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 2 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 2 9332 9332 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-18-10 30050120895338 2026-08-17 16:36:37 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-18-10 30050120953970 2026-08-17 16:36:37 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-18-10 30050120953947 2026-08-17 16:36:37 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-18-10 30050211031041 2026-08-17 16:36:37 3 2026-08-17 20