Developing Retrofit Urban Sanitation Models for Enhanced Health and Resilience in Harare

Abstract

This article explores the possibility of retrofitting  Harare's urban neighbourhoods with water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) technologies for enhanced water and sanitation hygiene (WASH). It utilises the concepts of WSUD and water treatment  technologies available today. From a desktop review of existing literature , it is clearly evident that there is a vast  array of water harvesting, water storage  and micro waste water treatment technologies. Coupling these technologies with the concepts of WASH  and WSUD, there are distinct possibilities of creating healthier urban land-users that can be skilfully assimilated into WSUD and management are also focused on. Retrofit models are  proposed  for both formal and informal urban communoties in order  to improve sanitation health, resilience and sustainability.