Rethinking responses to the world's water crises

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dc.contributor.authorGrafton, R.Q.
dc.contributor.authorFanaian, S.
dc.contributor.authorHorne, J.
dc.contributor.authorKatic, P.
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, N.-M.
dc.contributor.authorRingler, C.
dc.contributor.authorRobin, L.
dc.contributor.authorTalbot-Jones, J.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorWyrwoll, P.R.
dc.contributor.authorAvarado, F.
dc.contributor.authorBiswas, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorBorgomeo, E.
dc.contributor.authorBrouwer, R.
dc.contributor.authorCoombes, P.
dc.contributor.authorCostanza, R.
dc.contributor.authorHope, R.
dc.contributor.authorKompas, T.
dc.contributor.authorKubiszewski, I.
dc.contributor.authorManero, A.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe world faces multiple water crises, including overextraction, fooding, ecosystem degradation and inequitable safe water access. Insufcient funding and inefective implementation impede progress in water access, while, in part, a misdiagnosis of the causes has prioritized some responses over others (for example, hard over soft infrastructure). We reframe the responses to mitigating the world’s water crises using a ‘beyond growth’ framing and compare it to mainstream thinking. Beyond growth is systems thinking that prioritizes the most disadvantaged. It seeks to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation by overcoming policy capture and inertia and by fostering place-based and justice-principled institutional changes.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityR. Quentin Grafton, Safa Fanaian, James Horne, Pamela Katic, Nhat-Mai Nguyen, Claudia Ringler, Libby Robin, Julia Talbot-Jones, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Paul Robert Wyrwoll, Fabiola Avarado, Asit K. Biswas, Edoardo Borgomeo, Roy Brouwer, Peter Coombes, Robert Costanza, Robert Hope, Tom Kompas, Ida Kubiszewski, Ana Manero, Rita Martins, Rachael McDonnell, William Nikolakis, Russell Rollason, Nadeem Samnakay, Bridget R. Scanlon, Jesper Svensson, Djiby Thiam, Cecilia Tortajada, Yahua Wang, John Williams
dc.identifier.citationNature Sustainability, 2024; 8(1):11-21
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41893-024-01470-z
dc.identifier.issn2398-9629
dc.identifier.issn2398-9629
dc.identifier.orcidWheeler, S.A. [0000-0002-6073-3172]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/144565
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNature Research
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL190100164
dc.rights© Springer Nature Limited 2024. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01470-z
dc.subjectEnvironmental economics; Interdisciplinary studies; Sustainability; Water resources
dc.titleRethinking responses to the world's water crises
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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