Envisioning Blue Cities: Urban Water Governance and Water Footprinting
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 146, Issue 3
Abstract
Urban water governance is a framework for addressing critical issues in cities’ water resources by creating a more inclusive policy for sustainable transitions. Beyond the physical or direct water resources available to cities, there are water resources embedded within the imported food, energy, electricity, and other materials required for urban life and growth. Combined, these two types of water resources create the water footprint of a city. Expanding the framework of urban water governance to promote a sustainable water footprint is necessary for advancing urban environments in the face of climate change and resource constraints. We discuss the need for open-access data to transition toward a sustainable urban water governance system, considering both direct and indirect resources. This discussion builds on existing literature and asserts a broader goal of achieving a blue city. To this end, we identify a few attributes of the Boston, Massachusetts Metropolitan Area to highlight data and governance opportunities for both its direct and indirect water resources.
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Data Availability Statement
Most of the data used during the study appear in the article. The remaining data for the study, including interview responses, are available from the corresponding author upon request.
Acknowledgments
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Thanks to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for providing data and discussing their use of data within their current management structure. Author contributions: Christopher M. Chini collected data, conducted interviews, and performed the analysis; Ashlynn S. Stillwell supervised the study and data collection effort; Christopher M. Chini and Ashlynn S. Stillwell both formulated the study and wrote the paper.
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