World Water Day shines a light on the importance of safe, clean drinking water, but a new report finds Canada’s freshwater systems are under stress.
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If you want to live like a local when on holiday, you should defecate like one.
Cities all over the world are facing growing challenges to provide clean, reliable water. And many of the fixes, such as desalination plants, have a huge carbon footprint.
Drains take up precious but inaccessible open space in our cities. Converting these to living streams running through the suburbs could make for healthier places in multiple ways.
If infrastructure is to meet the needs and challenges of an uncertain future, we need to move beyond the AAA ratings mindset and aim for net-positive social and ecological outcomes as well.
Suburban areas feel infrastructure stress most acutely. Having to deal with severe inadequacies, suburbs offer fertile ground for infrastructure experimentation and innovation.
Critical infrastructure is our means of survival as an urban species. So, we must identify what is critical, for whom and how it might fail us.
For a small price, Donald Trump could score the easy win he’s been waiting for.
Droughts are much bigger and slower than other natural disasters that hit Australia - meaning that despite their huge impacts, we still haven’t figured out how best to protect ourselves.
Africa is facing an annual financing gap for water infrastructure of around $45bn to meet the needs of its citizens. Where is the money going to come from?
While South Australia’s storm hasn’t yet been specifically linked to climate change, it’s a reminder of the challenge of delivering essential services in a more variable climate.
Disruptive innovation is needed if the world is to meet its clean water targets.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor – Hydroclimatology, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Integrated Water Systems, University of Sheffield
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Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Chair, Smart Cities Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
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Scholarly Director of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Dalhousie University
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Honorary Director, Centre for Infrastructure Research, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, The University of Western Australia
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Professor Sustainability and Urban Governance, RMIT University
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Reader / Associate Professor in Environmental Geoscience, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Cynthia Mitchell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sustainability, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Principal researcher; also Coordinator of the global partnership GRIPP, Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice, International Water Management Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Nottingham