The use of alternative safe water options
to mitigate the arsenic problem in Bangladesh: a community perspective
Md. Jakariya. M.Sc. Thesis,
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Aug 2000
CHAPTER
5. OBJECTIVES
It has been observed that different communities have
addressed the problem of arsenic contamination in different ways. For instance,
in some places community members were reluctant to address the problem and the
initiative to develop some community-based alternative safe water options did
not work; in other places the reverse picture was observed. Hence, the general
objective of the study was to identify the causes for different response
patterns among people in the two study villages in order to understand the
difference in community response patterns.
5.1 Specific objectives
The specific objectives of the project were as follows:
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To determine the extent of arsenic contamination in all tube well
water of the project areas;
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To assess the knowledge that people in the community have
about the arsenic problem and its mitigation options;
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To analyze socio-economic and other factors responsible for
different response patterns in communities;
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To identify the different community response patterns.
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