Recent disasters have demonstrated the challenges faced by society as a result of the
increasing complexity of disaster risk. In this perspective article, we discuss the complex …

Over the past two decades, more than 80 metropolitan cities across the world have faced
severe water shortages due to droughts and unsustainable water use. Future projections are …

Calls for transformative adaptation to climate change require attention to the type of capacity
building that can support it. Community-level capacity building can help to ensure ownership …

This article maps a meshwork of formal and informal elements of places called
Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities (DUCs) to understand the role of informality in …

Water is the cornerstone of public health. Yet many people living in Africa's cities face
serious challenges obtaining an adequate supply of clean water. This situation, which poses …

The global hydrological cycle is characterized by complex interdependencies and self-
regulating feedbacks that keep water in an ever-evolving state of flux at local, regional, and …

Drought management is currently informed by a variety of approaches, mostly responding to
drought crisis when it happens. Toward more effective and integrated drought management …

Political ecology has already engaged with emotions in order to reveal the intimate,
unconscious and unexplored power dynamics which characterise patterns of water use and …

We summarize the key contributions to a special issue on water justice. We contend that
there is no inevitable arc of history that bends towards justice. Water justice will only be …

Activism and engagement with real-world climate crises, within particular contexts, are
prerequisites for learning about climate justice. I draw on my experience as an imbedded …