Umar, Farouk, Wright, Jim, Damkjaer, Simon, Vaisanen, Heini, Amponsah, Mavis, Okotto, Lorna-Grace, Okotto-Okotto, Joseph, Oigo, James, Wanza, Peggy, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli and Shaw, Peter (2023) Environmental Transects Surveys of Mismanaged Waste in Off-Grid Neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya, and Greater Accra, Ghana, 2021. UK Data Archive https://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-856145 [Dataset]
Abstract
This data set records mismanaged waste in off-grid neighbourhoods lacking essential services in two cities, namely Greater Accra in Ghana and Kisumu in Kenya. The underlying study aimed to quantify mismanaged waste patterns and composition in both cities and evaluate the extent to which environmental transect surveys could be used to quantify mismanaged waste in off-grid urban settings. Two surveyors independently recorded scattered waste items, burnt waste piles, and large waste piles along transects repeated at different times of day. Findings suggest that scattered waste density is considerably higher in Kisumu than in Greater Accra and that products such as nappies and water packaging are locally important waste components. Bland and Altman analysis suggests high inter-observer variation in scattered waste counts, but strong agreement between observers in recording waste piles.
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