Strengthening understanding of how individuals, communities and places respond to water stress and how this impacts on the resilience of urban areas.
Academic interest in the topic of water resilience has a short history but is rapidly increasing. Lucy Rodina provides an invaluable review of the literature, identifying how the literature is narrowly focused and omits some key perspectives. In this [...]
Building resilience to water crises is one of the primary challenges facing cities today. The pressures are particularly acute in sub-Saharan Africa, where rapid rates of urbanization and economic growth - combined with the challenge of climate change and [...]
In the face of scarce or erratic public water supplies urban households are increasingly sourcing their own water supplies in sub-Saharan Africa. Typically, this is through commissioning their own borehole. Is this giving rise to the phenomena of the [...]
Urban water resilience focuses on the ability of urban populations to manage a water shock and cope with water stress. Hidden within this statement are important questions as to how much water is needed to constitute coping and what [...]
Professionalism across the drilling industry is an over-looked factor in groundwater stewardship. It takes on an increasing significance as urban households across sub-Saharan Africa access groundwater reserves directly to self-provide their own water supplies. The African Water Association [...]