Capitalising on water soft paths
New futures for urban communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21690378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Corinne Ong (0000-0002-5931-8334, Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 872-892 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-9839 • E-ISSN: 1469-6711 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13549839.2021.1931073 |
| OpenAlex | W3164715442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
As social artefacts born out of social and economic aspirations and ideologies, the design and application of critical infrastructures can meaningfully engage or alienate the everyday user; be complicit to the extractive economy or facilitate its sustainable extraction and regeneration; and generate outcomes that are productive for local human capital and community development or otherwise. This study applies a “soft path” interpretation of the sociality of water infrastructures in local community contexts. It examines how “water soft paths” – water infrastructures and shared systems intentionally designed to promote sustainable water consumption and production – can be delivered with and through local community participation, and in turn, facilitate community development as well as other socially productive and just outcomes. From a cross-case analysis of five global cases of water soft path implementations, numerous far-reaching benefits of the water soft path approach were discovered. Accruing to it were the attainment of pro-ecological outcomes, human capital creation, community identity building, improved social equity and justice; and multi-agency partnerships. The study thus prompts critical reconsideration of dominant planning philosophies and practice, and proposes a practical approach for instituting creative, user-centric forms of community-level urban planning
Business · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental resource management · Implementation · Political science · Public relations · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |