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  • Environmental Science
  • Social Science
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Sanitation access and resource intensity are global challenges.
  • Current efforts lack a shared language, hindering knowledge accumulation.
  • Managing human excreta requires integrated human-natural systems approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt the social-ecological systems framework for bodily excreta.
  • To establish a shared vision for sanitation as a resource system.
  • To guide interdisciplinary research for sustainable sanitation.

Main Methods:

  • Modification of the social-ecological systems framework.
  • Development of a multitiered lexicon for sanitation variables.
  • Focus on human excreta as a resource within coupled systems.

Main Results:

  • A modified framework viewing sanitation as a human-derived resource system.
  • A structured lexicon to harmonize interdisciplinary sanitation studies.
  • Identification of sanitation's impact on human experiences and environments.

Conclusions:

  • The framework facilitates a unified approach to sanitation research.
  • It promotes understanding of resource cycles involving human excreta.
  • This approach supports sustainable development at the nature-society interface.