Chad Staddon's Outputs (122)

Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article investigates the reasons householders do, and don’t, adopt domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH). Using a mixed-methods research approach,... Read More about Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda.

Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures (2018)
Journal Article

Water sharing offers insight into the everyday and, at times, invisible ties that bind people and households with water and to one another. Water sharing can take many forms, including so-called “pure gifts,” balanced exchanges, and negative reciproc... Read More about Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures.

Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Water supplies are under threat from climate change, population growth and modern lifestyles. Excessive demand wastes money, energy and carbon. Evidence indicates that young adults are particularly high water-users. This population segment is at a tr... Read More about Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material.

Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, The Author(s). After briefly reviewing key resilience engineering perspectives and summarising some green infrastructure (GI) tools, we present the contributions that GI can make to enhancing urban resilience and maintaining critical system f... Read More about Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience.

Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area (2018)
Journal Article

Very large marine protected areas are in danger of becoming 'paper parks'. This paper uses an interdisciplinary team to investigate the use of remote sensing technologies to provide sufficient evidence for effective fisheries management. It uses the... Read More about Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area.

Resilience learning for water sector culture change (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper investigates barriers to creating a resilient water sector, focussing on the workforce. Firstly, it explores the definition of resilience and whether the workforce and customers are ready for a culture shift to create a more resilient sect... Read More about Resilience learning for water sector culture change.

Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Globally, groundwater is by far the largest store of liquid freshwater, making it a key component of a secure water supply. However, over the past few decades the amount of usable groundwater available around the world has rapidl... Read More about Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security.

Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Household water insecurity has serious implications for the health, livelihoods and wellbeing of people around the world. Existing methods to assess the state of household water insecurity focus largely on water quality, quantity... Read More about Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance.

Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach (2017)
Journal Article

We argue that a relational water security framework informed by the capabilities approach offers new ways to consider politics and cultures of water. Each dimension allows us to better contextualize water security beyond just an object (H2O) to be se... Read More about Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach.

Issues and challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped river in the Beijing Olympic Park (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 International Water Resources Association. Increased use of reclaimed water could be one of the solutions to Beijing’s growing water shortage, particularly for non-potable (e.g. landscaping) purposes. The dragon-shaped river, a large artificia... Read More about Issues and challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped river in the Beijing Olympic Park.

Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid North Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater dependent areas (2017)
Book Chapter

Urban water governance as a function of the “urban hydrosocial transition” (2017)
Book Chapter

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Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding (2016)
Journal Article

As there is no general right to be defended from flooding, any measures taken to protect communities from flooding would appear to be motivated by political considerations. This article explores the possibilities open to a party seeking to benefit fr... Read More about Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding.

Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. In recent years the ‘water security’ concept has gained both increased public profile and also traction in policy-making circles in China. Moreover its strategic significance for the country has been more frequently addressed by... Read More about Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges.

Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK (2016)
Journal Article

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’, involves the extraction of natural gas from shale formations deep underground using vertical and horizontal drilling technologies and vast quantities of chemically treated water injected into the wells under high... Read More about Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK.

Making Meaning Out of Mountains (2014)
Journal Article

Urban water security as a function of the 'urban hydrosocial transition' (2014)
Journal Article

Water security and shale gas exploration in the UK (2014)
Journal Article

Abstraction reform and water security: The view from England and Wales (2014)
Journal Article

Water security: A Genealogy of Emerging Discourses (2014)
Book Chapter

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