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Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice (2022)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., Jepson, W., Wutich, A., Velasco, C. A., Thomson, P., Staddon, C., & Westerhoff, P. (2022). Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 57, Article 101202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101202

Climate change, ageing infrastructure, and funding shortfalls threaten the sustainability of modern, 20th century centralised water systems by increasing drinking water costs and undermining water security, particularly for underserved populations. M... Read More about Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice.

Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience (2019)
Journal Article
Ward, S., Staddon, C., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2019). Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience. Urban Water Journal, 16(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2019.1633674

Urban resilience emerges not only from ‘what’ is done in relation to critical infrastructure systems, but in the ‘how’ of their conception, co-creation and integration into complex socio-ecological-technical systems. For green infrastructure, where o... Read More about Embedding social inclusiveness and appropriateness in engineering assessment of green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience.

Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures (2018)
Journal Article
Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Harris, L. M., Adams, E., Brewis, A., …Young, S. (2018). Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 5(6), e1309. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1309

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.

Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security (2017)
Journal Article
Albrecht, T. R., Varady, R. G., Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Gerlak, A. K., & Staddon, C. (2017). Governing a shared hidden resource: A review of governance mechanisms for transboundary groundwater security. Water Security, 2, 43-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.11.002

© 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
L. Young, S., Teodoro, M. P., Stoler, J., Simpson, K., Shinn, J., H. Shah, S., …Staddon, C. (2017). Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance. Water Security, 2, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.09.001

© 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
Jepson, W., Budds, J., Eichelberger, L., Harris, L., Norman, E., O'Reilly, K., …Young, S. (2017). Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach. Water Security, 1, 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.07.001

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.

Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges (2016)
Journal Article
Sun, F., Staddon, C., & Chen, M. (2016). Developing and applying water security metrics in China: experience and challenges. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 21, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.10.006

© 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.