Open Collections

UBC Faculty Research and Publications

Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa : future directions for research and practice Rodina, Lucy; Baker, Lawrence A.; Galvin, Mary; Goldin, Jaqueline; Harris, Leila; Manungufala, Thomani; Musemwa, Muchaparara; Sutherland, Catherine; Ziervogel, Gina, 1975-

Abstract

Drawing from the proceedings of an expert workshop with academics, researchers, government and NGO participants working in diverse countries in southern Africa and beyond, this paper reviews the discourse on resilience, both conceptually and in practice. We highlight opportunities to develop and apply more situated, equity-sensitive and context-relevant understanding of resilience, particularly in the water sector. To pursue more just and resilient water futures in highly unequal and water stressed regions, we propose that researchers and practitioners (1) place greater emphasis on the transformative potential of resilience, (2) broaden the social dimensions of resilience to account more fully for intangible and other social factors, (3) engage critically with the decision-making processes and practices of building resilience, (4) contribute to the development of indicators and guidelines for building just and resilient water futures, (5) strengthen the role of situated knowledges, (6) critically engage with scale and boundaries in complex adaptive systems, and (7) strengthen the policy-science-civil society interface.

Item Metadata

Title
Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa : future directions for research and practice
Creator
Rodina, Lucy; Baker, Lawrence A.; Galvin, Mary; Goldin, Jaqueline; Harris, Leila; Manungufala, Thomani; Musemwa, Muchaparara; Sutherland, Catherine; Ziervogel, Gina, 1975-
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Program on Water Governance; EDGES (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2017-06
Description
Drawing from the proceedings of an expert workshop with academics, researchers, government and NGO participants working in diverse countries in southern Africa and beyond, this paper reviews the discourse on resilience, both conceptually and in practice. We highlight opportunities to develop and apply more situated, equity-sensitive and context-relevant understanding of resilience, particularly in the water sector. To pursue more just and resilient water futures in highly unequal and water stressed regions, we propose that researchers and practitioners (1) place greater emphasis on the transformative potential of resilience, (2) broaden the social dimensions of resilience to account more fully for intangible and other social factors, (3) engage critically with the decision-making processes and practices of building resilience, (4) contribute to the development of indicators and guidelines for building just and resilient water futures, (5) strengthen the role of situated knowledges, (6) critically engage with scale and boundaries in complex adaptive systems, and (7) strengthen the policy-science-civil society interface.
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-07-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0364198
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/64780
Affiliation
Science, Faculty of; Non UBC; Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), Institute for
Citation
Rodina, L., Baker, L. A., Galvin, M., Goldin, J., Harris, L. M., Manungufala, T., … Ziervogel, G. (2017). Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa: future directions for research and practice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 26–27, 143–151.
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.cosust.2017.09.001
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository
DSpace

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International