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This report, co-authored by SEI experts and published by USAID, explores the effectiveness of different planning frameworks used to protect water sources in cities located in low- and middle-income countries.
Cities face a wide range of challenges affecting water supply, including climate change, increasing water demand, ageing infrastructure, rapid urbanization and economic development needs. One study estimates that by 2050, nearly one-half of the world’s urban population will face water scarcity.
To confront these challenges, water authorities must identify solutions to ensure water security and foster an ability to withstand or recover quickly from shocks. While higher-income countries have proven able to increase urban water resilience, lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face greater constraints in achieving this goal.
This study analyzes the literature on the common decision-making frameworks that guide such work across the globe and makes recommendations on how less-resourced cities and countries can protect their drinking water supply.
Project / The goal of URBAN WASH is to generate and promote evidence for more sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene policy and programming throughout the world.
Tool / The Water Evaluation and Planning tool (WEAP) provides a comprehensive, flexible and user-friendly framework for policy analysis in water resources planning.
Past event / This UN Water Conference side event will showcase innovative methods to disaggregate water stress and its components at catchment and river basin level.
Project / SEI is helping FAO meet sustainable development goals by training technicians to assess water stress at the sub-basin level in Algeria and Tunisia.
SEI brief / A new tool developed by SEI's Bolivia WATCH team integrates sanitation and hygiene considerations into watershed planning.
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