Making the implicit, explicit: time for renegotiating the urban water supply hydrosocial contract?

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作者
Farrelly, Megan Anne [1 ]
Brown, Rebekah Ruth [1 ]
机构
[1] Monash Univ, Sch Geog & Environm Sci, Ctr Water Sensit Cities, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
alternative water supplies; co-management; community receptivity; hydrosocial contract; practitioner perceptions; resilience; RECYCLED WATER; POTABLE REUSE; MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS; CITIES; COPRODUCTION; CONSULTATION; PERCEPTIONS; TRANSITIONS; ENTRAPMENT;
D O I
10.1080/1573062X.2013.793729
中图分类号
TV21 [水资源调查与水利规划];
学科分类号
081501 ;
摘要
Today's modern cities' 'big-pipes in, big-pipes out' potable water supply approach does not offer society the resilience for adaptation to future climate challenges. One approach towards building resilience would involve cities adopting diverse, alternative water supplies; such as recycled wastewater, greywater and stormwater, within a fit-for-purpose philosophy, incorporating a mix of centralised and decentralised technologies. Globally, modern cities have limited on-ground experience with such complex approaches, despite ad-hoc policy rhetoric to the contrary and multiple technological options. Through considering the implicit and technocratic hydrosocial contract underpinning the current 'big pipes' approach, it appears the judgement and advice of 'water experts' is a significant determinant regarding opportunities for realising more resilient water supplies. Contrasting primary and secondary survey data from water experts and communities across Australian cities in relation to their receptivity to alternative water supplies; it is evident that community members are far more receptive than water experts expect. Thus, this difference in perception is potentially a significant barrier to realising a resilient approach. Path-dependant decision-making and practice is pervasive throughout the urban water field, and while the physical artefact of the traditional water supply system remains largely invisible and disconnected from communities, it is the implicit hydrosocial contract that keeps water experts disconnected from communities. Based on evidence presented in this paper, shifting the current hydrosocial contract to a more resilient approach is vulnerable to business as usual. Recommendations are offered for fundamentally reshaping this contract through deliberative processes that work towards enabling co-governance, co-design and co-management of this alternative and complex water supply approach into the future.
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页码:392 / 404
页数:13
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