logo
welcome
The Conversation

The Conversation

Climate change is encouraging unsanitary toilet practices among vulnerable communities

The Conversation
Summary
Nutrition label

84% Informative

James Harper : Climate change makes toilets more likely to break, which leaves people "going" outside.

He says in regions where climate change makes heavy storms and floods more common, households more frequently stop using and maintaining their toilets.

Harper: Toilet dysfunction is more frequent among households living in flood-prone regions during the rainy season .

VR Score

88

Informative language

92

Neutral language

10

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

External references

14

https://ncsd.moe.gov.kh/dcc/data-portalhttp://theconversation.com/gender-equality-comes-one-toilet-at-a-time-50700?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link0&utm_content=article-238961http://theconversation.com/wastewater-is-an-asset-it-contains-nutrients-energy-and-precious-metals-and-scientists-are-learning-how-to-recover-them-113264?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link2&utm_content=article-238961https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04881-2https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.101945https://theconversation.com/us/topics/research-brief-83231https://www.un.org/tr/desa/%E2%80%98transformational-benefits%E2%80%99-ending-outdoor-defecation-why-toilets-matterhttps://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sanitationhttps://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-toilet-day-420-million-people-are-defecating-outdoorshttp://theconversation.com/why-a-monthly-period-is-especially-hard-for-millions-of-women-and-girls-around-the-world-78235?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link1&utm_content=article-238961http://theconversation.com/us?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link-0&utm_content=article-238961https://theconversation.com/profiles/james-harper-1540108?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=byline-link&utm_content=article-238961https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-colorado-boulder-733?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=byline-link&utm_content=article-238961https://www.ideglobal.org/

Affiliate links

no affiliate links