定义77个国家的经济和环境类型,优先考虑非下水道卫生设施的机会
Hannah A C Lohman1, Yalin Li2, Xinyi Zhang1
1The Grainger College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Environmental science & technology
|July 14, 2025
概括
工程非下水道卫生 (NSS) 技术为全球卫生挑战提供可持续的解决方案. 它们的成本和碳密度因地点而异,成本较低,碳含量较低的选择往往出现在卫生需求较大的国家.
科学领域:
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 可持续发展 可持续发展
背景情况:
- 全球卫生设施的普及仍然是一个重大挑战,特别是在低收入和中低收入国家,其下水道基础设施有限.
- 工程非下水道卫生 (NSS) 技术是传统下水道系统的替代方案,但它们的可持续性取决于地点.
研究的目的:
- 描述77个国家的新兴NSS技术 (社区再发明的所和全方位处理器) 的成本和碳强度 (CI).
- 确定NSS技术的可持续性性能类型.
- 为了绘制这些类型的全球流行情况.
主要方法:
- 分析了77个国家的三个NSS技术的成本和碳强度.
- 确定区域变化驱动因素 (工资,饮食,材料成本).
- 可持续性表现的类型分类和全球映射.
主要成果:
- 由于当地因素,NSS成本因国家而异,高达15倍,CI高达2倍.
- 估计成本为每人每天0.01美元至0.36美元,CI为每人每年8至269公斤CO2eq.
- 低成本,低CI类型在人类发展指数 (HDI) 分数较低的国家最为普遍.
结论:
- 当地环境对NSS技术的经济和环境性能产生重大影响.
- 该研究确定了将卫生需求与NSS机会相匹配的类型,特别是在发展中国家的地区.
- 这项研究支持全球NSS解决方案的开发和部署的知情决策.
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