Essays about: "Urban Water governance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Urban Water governance.

  1. 1. The Role of Public Innovation on Water Governance in Brazil

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Isabel Gennaro; Panagiota Christodoulou; [2021]
    Keywords : water governance; public sector innovation; social innovation; interactive governance; system change; cross-sector stakeholder engagement;

    Abstract : It is impossible for the world to exist without water, then why do socio-political systems treat it like an unnecessary, disposable resource?  Currently, there is a water crisis happening globally, and specifically in Brazil it encompasses tremendous socio-ecological, political, cultural and economic injustices and challenges. The water resources management and the national infrastructures are inadequate to conserve and treat this valuable commodity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate change adaptation and urban development: a genealogy of flood risk management in Glasgow

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Leopold Salzenstein; Jenny Åkeson; [2021]
    Keywords : Adaptation; Climate urbanism; Clyde; Complexity; Floods; Foucault; Genealogy; Glasgow; Green gentrification; Maladaptation; Neoliberalism; Resilience; Risk; Scotland; General Works;

    Abstract : As cities increasingly implement climate change adaptation (CCA) projects, it is important to assess the potential long-term consequences of urban climate adaptation on socio-economic inequalities. As CCA is still in its infancy, observing long-term impact can be challenging. READ MORE

  4. 3. Governance of Nature-based Solutions for stormwater management in Stockholm : A Social-Ecological-Technical Systems Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Fredrika Rasmusson; Toini Estreen; [2021]
    Keywords : Nature-based solutions; NBS; Social-ecological-technical systems; SETS; stormwater management; governance; transdisciplinarity; adaptive; reflexive approaches;

    Abstract : Increased urbanisation and climate change are negatively affecting the water cycle and are increasing floods and creating concerns for the built environment and human wellbeing. This has created a need to research sustainable water management in cities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Vad färgar en vattenskyddsprocess? : en analys av de antaganden som lägger grunden för agrara och förvaltande aktörers syn på vattenskydd

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Ek; [2020]
    Keywords : vatten; WPR; problemrepresentation; vattenskyddsområden; natursyner; diskurs;

    Abstract : Denna studies syfte är att identifiera och undersöka de underliggande antaganden som färgar problemrepresentationer i vattenskyddsprocesser. Målet är att tolka antaganden om de agrara och förvaltande parternas syn på naturresurserna, deras ansvars- samt rollfördelning inom ramarna för vattenskydd. READ MORE

  6. 5. Embracing complexity: Dynamics governing urban drinking water supply security in Mexico City

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sofía Valeria Cortés Calderón; [2020]
    Keywords : Water security; water governance; qualitative system dynamics modelling; power dynamics; social-ecological systems;

    Abstract : Drinking water supply insecurity is globally on the rise, and prevalent in most low and middle-income urban areas. Multiple responses have emerged to cope with the lack of a reliable and equitable supply of safe and sufficient drinking water in cities, which presents a wide range of social-ecological implications. READ MORE