Analysis, publications, and thought leadership on water security and climate resilience.
Urban agriculture and nature-based planning can connect stormwater management, local food access, cooler streets and healthier ecosystems when cities plan and maintain them as infrastructure.
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the “Our Future Water” newsletter. Urban water resilience depends on how buildings, landscapes, and drainage networks manage rainfall together. Treating vegetation and…
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Executive Summary: Modern urban water security requires shifting from subterranean pipe-and-discharge drainage to distributed hydrological infrastructure. By pairing regulatory Green Factor planning frameworks (which mandate ecological absorption metrics…
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Executive Summary: Water resilience requires shifting from standalone grey assets to blended capital portfolios that integrate engineered systems with catchment-scale ecological functions. By structuring upstream land stewardship through…
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Executive Summary: Urban water resilience increasingly depends on coupling distributed nature-based solutions with digitally enabled network intelligence. Blue-green infrastructure manages localized runoff at the source, while digital twins…
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Executive Summary: Modern water resilience extends beyond physical capacity, requiring systems that unite grey and green infrastructure with digital telemetry, innovative finance, and institutional governance. Smart metering provides…
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Executive Summary: Urban water resilience depends on managing coastal ecosystems, watersheds, stormwater infrastructure, and urban development as interconnected systems. Coastal ecosystems can provide protective infrastructure, while watershed assessment…
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Executive Summary: Resource constraints require water systems to manage consumption and recover value after use. Efficiency incentives can reduce household water and energy demand by accelerating adoption of…
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Executive Summary: Renewable energy systems and urban nature-based solutions are becoming essential components of resilient urban water systems. Integrating distributed clean energy with living infrastructure strengthens operational reliability,…
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Executive Summary: Urban water resilience increasingly depends on combining digital infrastructure with decentralized water systems to manage demand more effectively and diversify available supplies. Smart water metering improves…
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