A framework to assess urban water resilience in developing countries like India

Looking beyond water utilities and networked cities

Bibliographic Data

ID21697068
AuthorsManish Sharma (0000-0002-1539-2938, a Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Dwarka, Delhi, India), Bansari Sharma (b Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India), Nand Kumar (0000-0002-0390-6831, b Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India), Ashwani Kumar (0000-0002-1387-4503, c National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume27
Issue1
Pages88-103
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWater Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-7017 • E-ISSN: 1996-9759
PublisherIWA Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2166/wp.2024.221
OpenAlexW4405638105
LanguageEN
References cited15

Many households in developing countries like India have adopted water-saving measures, but water availability in sufficient quantity, quality, and regularity has not been ensured due to network supply constraints, affordability of water through private vendors and the issue varies from area to area, within a city, based on the modalities of water supplies, socio-economic capabilities of households, local area regulations, and political interests. However, with many of the cities of the developing world still far from the concept of homogeneous water supply systems under water utilities, only assessing and strengthening the water utilities will not suffice. Hence this study proposes and illustrates via a case study a new approach to urban water resilience, from the consumer end, or the households, as the basis of assessment, to address the various issues associated with water stress under various water supply sources. The framework has four broad themes, namely Urban Infrastructure and Land Use, Resources, Governance and Social capturing 32 indicators derived from the literature assessed by the Delphi technique involving subject experts. The framework thus evolved can be used to assess urban water resilience at the household level, especially in cities/communities with various water system modalities

Business · Corporate governance · Delphi method · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Modalities · Psychological resilience · Water quality · Water supply · Water supply network · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Water Resources and Sustainability · Water resources management and optimization · Environmental Engineering · Finance