Advancing urban water security : The urbanization of water–society relations and entry–points for political engagement

Empinotti, Vanessa Lucena and Budds, Jessica and Jepson, Wendy and Millington, Nate and Nicolau Ferrara, Luciana and Geere, Jo Anne and Grandisoli, Edson and Gutierres Arteiro Da Paz, Mariana and Peregrina Puga, Bruno and Macedo Alves, Estela and Cawood, Sally and Jacobi, Pedro Roberto and Uehara Kinjo, Victor and Lampis, Andrea and Moretti, Ricardo and Octavianti, Thanti and Periotto, Natalia and Quinn, Ruth and Quintslr, Suyá and Sulaiman, Samia and Arce Vicente, Paula and Wahby, Noura (2021) Advancing urban water security : The urbanization of water–society relations and entry–points for political engagement. Water International, 46 (6). pp. 956-968. ISSN 0250-8060

Abstract

We seek to advance a critical and relational concept of urban water security that theorizes urban processes in relation to the hydro-social dynamics that produce experiences of water securities and insecurities at multiple scales. Our intention is to set out an analytical framework that both examines the social relations that underpin water insecurity and goes beyond the urban as merely the context in which water provision and risk take place. We seek to mobilize this concept to envision meaningful water policies and hydro-social practices to enhance social equity and empowerment for urban communities.