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The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses (2020)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Johnston, P., Santillo, D., & Staddon, C. (2020). The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses. Environmental Science and Policy, 111, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.05.017

There is rising international concern about the zoonotic origins of many global pandemics. Increasing human-animal interactions are perceived as driving factors in pathogen transfer, emphasising the close relationships between human, animal and envir... Read More about The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses.

Is household water insecurity a link between water governance and well-being? A multi-site analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Miller, J. D., Vonk, J., Staddon, C., & Young, S. L. (2020). Is household water insecurity a link between water governance and well-being? A multi-site analysis. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10(2), 320-334. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.165

Improving water governance is a top priority for addressing the global water crisis. Yet, there is a dearth of empirical data examining whether better water governance is associated with lower water insecurity and improved well-being. We, therefore,... Read More about Is household water insecurity a link between water governance and well-being? A multi-site analysis.

Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda (2020)
Journal Article
You, J., Staddon, C., Cook, A., Walker, J., Boulton, J., Powell, W., & Ieropoulos, I. (2020). Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), Article 2175. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072175

With 2.3 billion people around the world lacking adequate sanitation services, attention has turned to alternative service provision models. This study suggests an approach for meeting the sanitation challenge, especially as expressed in Sustainable... Read More about Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda.

Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries (2019)
Journal Article
Stoler, J., Pearson, A. L., Staddon, C., Wutich, A., Mack, E., Brewis, A., …Zinab, H. (2020). Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries. Science of the Total Environment, 716, Article 135881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135881

Billions of people globally, living with various degrees of water insecurity, obtain their household and drinking water from diverse sources that can absorb a disproportionate amount of a household's income. In theory, there are income and expenditur... Read More about Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries.

Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas: Common Challenges, Trade-Offs, and Best Practices from Around the Globe (2019)
Book Chapter
Staddon, C., Buono, R., Lopez-Gunn, E., & McKay, J. (2020). Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas: Common Challenges, Trade-Offs, and Best Practices from Around the Globe. In R. M. Buono, E. López-Gunn, J. McKay, & C. Staddon (Eds.), Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas: a complex nexus. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18342-4

Resilient Water Services and Systems (2019)
Book
Juuti, P., Mattila, H., Rajala, R., Schwartz, K., & Staddon, C. (Eds.). (2019). Resilient Water Services and Systems. London: IWA Publishing

Provides an over-arching framework for water and sanitation services and how they are coping with resilience, aging infrastructure and climate change

Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia (2019)
Journal Article
Lewis, E. W., Staddon, C., & Sirunda, J. (2019). Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia. Water Practice and Technology, 14(3), 703-713. https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2019.055

This paper gives an overview of the main challenges and achievements faced by Windhoek’s water management sector. The paper highlights pertinent issues arising from increased water demand, and also explores current and future water supply augmentatio... Read More about Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia.

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.

Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions (2019)
Journal Article
Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Staddon, C., de Vito, L., Gerlak, A. K., Ward, S., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2020). Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63(4), 710-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2019.1605890

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Green infrastructure (GI) has been identified as a promising approach to help cities adapt to climate change through the provision of multiple ecosyst... Read More about Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions.

Challenges of researching showering routines: From the individual to the socio-material (2019)
Journal Article
Simpson, K., Staddon, C., & Ward, S. (2019). Challenges of researching showering routines: From the individual to the socio-material. Urban Science, 3(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3010019

In the UK, water supplies are under pressure from climate, population and lifestyle change. Showering is the largest component of domestic water consumption. Young adults are high water-users at a transitional life-stage, when practices are dynamic,... Read More about Challenges of researching showering routines: From the individual to the socio-material.

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
Staddon, C., Rogers, J., Warriner, C., Ward, S., & Powell, W. (2018). 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. Water International, 43(8), 1114-1135. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1535417

© 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
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.

Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, K., Staddon, C., Spotswood, F., & Ward, S. (2018, September). Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material. Paper presented at 5th Annual Water Efficiency Conference, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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
Staddon, C., Ward, S., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A. K., Schoeman, Y., …Booth, G. (2018). Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience. Environment Systems and Decisions, 38(3), 330-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-018-9702-9

© 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.