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##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.title.name## Sustainability and the Social Construction of Technology: The Case of RWH as Source of Water Supply in Greater Accra
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.creator.name## Damman, Sigrid
Helness, Herman
Regina Ama Banu, Kwadwo Ansong Asante, Barnabas Amisigo, Roland Asare
Mavis Akuffobea, Frederick Logah, Thor Bjørkvoll, Kamal Azrague
Frederick Amu- Mensah, Portia Adade Williams, Frederick Amu- M
George Essegbey, Masahudu Fuseini
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.description.name## The paper discusses the sustainability of roof rainwater harvesting (RWH) in Greater Accra, Ghana. We take a holistic approach, but focus especially on the social dimension. The discussion is grounded in a research and development project including a holistic sustainability assessment of selected RWH designs based on LCA, cost-benefit analysis and a KAP survey, as well as training of local artisans, stakeholder dialogue and pilot implementation of 21 RWH systems. The performance of the systems largely met the expectation. The households could expect long-term savings, and there were benefits in terms of convenience, hygiene and water sharing. On the other hand, high initial costs, limited awareness, and lack of capacity to implement supportive policies were impediments to wide-scale adoption. The sustainability of the solutions is discussed in further detail. A social construction of technology (SCOT) perspective is applied to throw light on how the stakeholders constructed drivers, barriers, and indeed the technical solutions themselves. We find that the technology was at a stage of low stabilization, meaning-wise, and this clearly affected its sustainability in the local context. The findings suggest that more attention should be paid to socialbconstruction in sustainability research and transition efforts.Keywords: Sustainability, holistic approach, social construction, rainwater harvesting
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.publisher.name## European Center of Sustainable Development
 
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##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.date.name## 2017-10-01
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.type.name## info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.format.name## application/pdf
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.identifier.name## https://ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/546
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.source.name## European Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol 6, No 4: Special Issue; 41-52
2239-6101
2239-5938
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.language.name## eng
 
##plugins.schemas.marc.fields.relation.name## https://ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/546/543
 
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