COVID-19 challenges and WASH in informal settlements: Integrated action supported by the sustainable development goals

Priti Parikh; Loan Diep; Jaideep Gupte; Monica Lakhanpaul

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2020.102871

COVID-19 challenges and WASH in informal settlements: Integrated action supported by the sustainable development goals

Cities. 2020 Dec:107:102871. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102871. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

Authors

Priti Parikh¹, Loan Diep¹, Jaideep Gupte², Monica Lakhanpaul^{3

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Affiliations

¹ International Development Centre, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Chadwick Building. London WC1E6BT, UK.
² The Institute of Development Studies, Cities and Sustainable Infrastructure Portfolio, Global Challenges Research Fund, UK Research and Innovation, University of Sussex, Library Road, Brighton BN19RE, UK.
³ Community Child Health, Population, Policy & Practice Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
⁴ Whittington NHS Trust, London, UK.

Abstract

•COVID-19 has exposed service gaps in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in informal settlments in cities.•The vulnerability of informal settlements to COVID-19 is not accidental, but a result of the type of cities that were built.•The Sustainable Development Goals provide a framework for integrated actions in WASH benefitting other sectors.•Partnerships for interventions must consider scalar dynamics with different responses taken at different governance levels.