Factors influencing the uptake of household water connections in peri-urban Maputo, Mozambique
| dc.contributor.author | Jimenez-Redal, Ruben | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Parker, Alison | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Jeffrey, Paul | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-13T04:00:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-13T04:00:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-03-31T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Rapid urbanization in many African cities has had a significant impact on the basic water services in peri-urban areas, where providing services can be complex. In the city of Maputo, Mozambique, the initial uptake of new household connections following network construction in peri-urban areas was slow. Focus group discussions with residents and interviews with key actors revealed the importance of offering flexible payment options to the urban poor in order to increase the affordability of connection charges. Although the high connection fee was a constraint, residents were willing to pay if the charges were spread across several monthly installments. These findings suggest that flexible payment arrangements for customers can both bring utility services within reach of low income households and expand the customer base for utility service providers. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ruben Jimenez-Redal1, Alison Parker, Paul Jeffrey, Factors influencing the uptake of household water connections in peri-urban Maputo, Mozambique, Utilities Policy, Volume 28, March 2014, Pages 22–27. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0957-1787 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2013.11.003 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8638 | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. | en_UK |
| dc.rights | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Utilities Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Utilities Policy, VOL 28, (2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2013.11.003 | |
| dc.subject | Household connections | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Water supply | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Peri-urban areas | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Mozambique | en_UK |
| dc.title | Factors influencing the uptake of household water connections in peri-urban Maputo, Mozambique | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | - |