Rob Hope
Biographic Data
| ID | 6015824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob Hope |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | Hope |
| SIGNATURE | HOPE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Water Diaries: Living with the Global Water Crisis in Bangladesh and Kenya
Cyclones, flash floods, droughts, and pollution batter the aspirations of people living at the sharp end of water insecurity. By charting the daily water use behaviour of people in Kenya and Bangladesh for a year, this book explores the intersecting drivers of global water risks and the spatial and seasonal inequalities. Comprising a clear methodological chapter and four detailed case studies of both urban and rural areas, it critically reviews e…
Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services
Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh
The drinking water sector is off track to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1 with over a quarter of the world’s population lacking safe and reliable services. Policy approaches are shifting away from provision of access towards managing the multiple risks of water supply and quality. By considering how infrastructure, information, and institutional systems evolved in Bangladesh, this article identifies the unintentional consequences of …
Institutional pluralism and water user behavior in rural Africa
The Sustainable Development Goal of providing everyone with safe and reliable drinking water services combines a moral imperative with an entrepreneurial opportunity. We examine water user behavior in the face of institutional change brought about by a professional service provider maintaining rural water infrastructure in Kenya. We ask (1) which factors are associated with households and waterpoint user groups contracting a service provider that…
A cultural theory of drinking water risks, values and institutional change
Global progress towards the goal of universal, safely managed drinking water services will be shaped by the dynamic relationship between water risks, values and institutions. We apply Mary Douglas’ cultural theory to rural waterpoint management and discuss its operationalisation in pluralist arrangements through networking different management cultures at scale. The theory is tested in coastal Kenya, an area that typifies the challenges faced acr…
A multi-decadal and social-ecological systems analysis of community waterpoint payment behaviours in rural Kenya
Reducing Risks to Rural Water Security in Africa
A cultural theory of drinking water risks, values and institutional change
Global progress towards the goal of universal, safely managed drinking water services will be shaped by the dynamic relationship between water risks, values and institutions. We apply Mary Douglas’ cultural theory to rural waterpoint management and discuss its operationalisation in pluralist arrangements through networking different management cultures at scale. The theory is tested in coastal Kenya, an area that typifies the challenges faced acr…
A multi-decadal and social-ecological systems analysis of community waterpoint payment behaviours in rural Kenya
Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh
The drinking water sector is off track to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1 with over a quarter of the world’s population lacking safe and reliable services. Policy approaches are shifting away from provision of access towards managing the multiple risks of water supply and quality. By considering how infrastructure, information, and institutional systems evolved in Bangladesh, this article identifies the unintentional consequences of …
Institutional pluralism and water user behavior in rural Africa
The Sustainable Development Goal of providing everyone with safe and reliable drinking water services combines a moral imperative with an entrepreneurial opportunity. We examine water user behavior in the face of institutional change brought about by a professional service provider maintaining rural water infrastructure in Kenya. We ask (1) which factors are associated with households and waterpoint user groups contracting a service provider that…
Reducing Risks to Rural Water Security in Africa
A multi-decadal and social-ecological systems analysis of community waterpoint payment behaviours in rural Kenya
A cultural theory of drinking water risks, values and institutional change
Global progress towards the goal of universal, safely managed drinking water services will be shaped by the dynamic relationship between water risks, values and institutions. We apply Mary Douglas’ cultural theory to rural waterpoint management and discuss its operationalisation in pluralist arrangements through networking different management cultures at scale. The theory is tested in coastal Kenya, an area that typifies the challenges faced acr…
Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh
The drinking water sector is off track to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1 with over a quarter of the world’s population lacking safe and reliable services. Policy approaches are shifting away from provision of access towards managing the multiple risks of water supply and quality. By considering how infrastructure, information, and institutional systems evolved in Bangladesh, this article identifies the unintentional consequences of …
Institutional pluralism and water user behavior in rural Africa
The Sustainable Development Goal of providing everyone with safe and reliable drinking water services combines a moral imperative with an entrepreneurial opportunity. We examine water user behavior in the face of institutional change brought about by a professional service provider maintaining rural water infrastructure in Kenya. We ask (1) which factors are associated with households and waterpoint user groups contracting a service provider that…
Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services
The Water Diaries: Living with the Global Water Crisis in Bangladesh and Kenya
Cyclones, flash floods, droughts, and pollution batter the aspirations of people living at the sharp end of water insecurity. By charting the daily water use behaviour of people in Kenya and Bangladesh for a year, this book explores the intersecting drivers of global water risks and the spatial and seasonal inequalities. Comprising a clear methodological chapter and four detailed case studies of both urban and rural areas, it critically reviews e…
Business (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Water resources management and optimization (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (4 works) · Finance (3 works) · Water supply (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)