Beyond the surface: Understanding problem context in water governance
The traits of the water problems matter when it comes to understanding why certain governance approaches work in some places, but not in others. Some water problems need quick action; others are complex and need responses that understand ecological processes and interconnections. We identify different water-related issues and understand to what extent they may shape how governance arrangements are crafted.
Are solar-powered water kiosks a “game changer” for rural water services?
Evidence from Mali suggests that solar kiosks are not a definitive solution to nuanced and dynamic rural water user behaviours.
Groundwater and the political between the drops: Urban clean water shortage in Java, Indonesia
The big picture of water scarcity in Java, Indonesia provides ample graphs and dramatic pictures of decreasing water quality and trends of more frequent seasonal droughts. This concern has been severe enough for Java to be classified as a region of water shortage since the 1980s in the ‘Global Water Scarcity Atlas’
Travel in the brain of EU water actors: a place of chaos, dilemmas and emotions
The ecological and chemical status of water quality in Europe has been stagnating for the last two decades in the vast majority of member states, even though innovative and radical legislation for improving water quality was proposed by the European Commission in 2000, in the form of a Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC).
Scarcity of water governance or water scarcity?
Water shortage is a multifaceted challenge that has long existed in various parts of the world, but its impact has been amplified by recent trends, such as increasing urbanization, agricultural intensification, economic development, population growth, maritime trade, and extreme hydroclimatic changes (He et al., 2021; Kummu et al., 2016).
Immaterial infrastructures in the Mekong Region’s transboundary rivers
This project explores the unbuilt, unseen, and temporal aspects of hydraulic infrastructure development in transboundary rivers and the hydropolitical tensions that these enhance.
