The planning and improvement of sanitation systems represents a critical problem for low-income
countries, in particular in rapid growing peri-urban areas. This paper illustrates the assessment of the
Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation (CLUES) and the Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP)
approaches, tested for the design of an improved sanitation system in peri-urban areas of Iringa
Municipality, in Tanzania. The application in field of the two approaches permitted to evidence and
analyse their strengths and weaknesses, and possibilities to increase their potentials with an integrated
use. The experience, applied to a case study, aims to be an example of application for practitioners
dealing with sanitation planning in context showing similar characteristics
