Putting water security to work: addressing global challenges
(2018)
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Outputs (44)
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)
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© 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)
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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.
Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience (2018)
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© 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.
Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security (2017)
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© 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)
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© 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)
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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)
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© 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.
Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding (2016)
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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)
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© 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.