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The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S.
In this paper, we assess the challenges of water, waste and climate change in six cities across the U.S.: New York City, Boston, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Portland and Los Angeles. We apply the City Blueprint(®) Approach which consists of three indicator assessments: (1) the Trends and Pressures Framework...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5765205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29101426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0952-y |
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author | Feingold, Daniel Koop, Stef van Leeuwen, Kees |
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description | In this paper, we assess the challenges of water, waste and climate change in six cities across the U.S.: New York City, Boston, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Portland and Los Angeles. We apply the City Blueprint(®) Approach which consists of three indicator assessments: (1) the Trends and Pressures Framework (TPF), (2) the City Blueprint Framework (CBF) and (3) the water Governance Capacity Framework (GCF). The TPF summarizes the main social, environmental and financial pressures that may impede water management. The CBF provides an integrated overview of the management performances within the urban watercycle. Finally, the GCF provides a framework to identify key barriers and opportunities to develop governance capacity. The GCF has only been applied in NYC. Results show that all cities face pressures from heat risk. The management performances regarding resource efficiency and resource recovery from wastewater and solid waste show considerable room for improvement. Moreover, stormwater separation, infrastructure maintenance and green space require improvement in order to achieve a resilient urban watercycle. Finally, in New York City, the GCF results show that learning through smart monitoring, evaluation and cross-stakeholder learning is a limiting condition that needs to be addressed. We conclude that the City Blueprint Approach has large potential to assist cities in their strategic planning and exchange of knowledge, experiences and lessons. Because the methodology is well-structured, easy to understand, and concise, it may bridge the gap between science, policy and practice. It could therefore enable other cities to address their challenges of water, waste and climate change. |
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spelling | pubmed-57652052018-01-25 The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. Feingold, Daniel Koop, Stef van Leeuwen, Kees Environ Manage Article In this paper, we assess the challenges of water, waste and climate change in six cities across the U.S.: New York City, Boston, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Portland and Los Angeles. We apply the City Blueprint(®) Approach which consists of three indicator assessments: (1) the Trends and Pressures Framework (TPF), (2) the City Blueprint Framework (CBF) and (3) the water Governance Capacity Framework (GCF). The TPF summarizes the main social, environmental and financial pressures that may impede water management. The CBF provides an integrated overview of the management performances within the urban watercycle. Finally, the GCF provides a framework to identify key barriers and opportunities to develop governance capacity. The GCF has only been applied in NYC. Results show that all cities face pressures from heat risk. The management performances regarding resource efficiency and resource recovery from wastewater and solid waste show considerable room for improvement. Moreover, stormwater separation, infrastructure maintenance and green space require improvement in order to achieve a resilient urban watercycle. Finally, in New York City, the GCF results show that learning through smart monitoring, evaluation and cross-stakeholder learning is a limiting condition that needs to be addressed. We conclude that the City Blueprint Approach has large potential to assist cities in their strategic planning and exchange of knowledge, experiences and lessons. Because the methodology is well-structured, easy to understand, and concise, it may bridge the gap between science, policy and practice. It could therefore enable other cities to address their challenges of water, waste and climate change. Springer US 2017-11-03 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5765205/ /pubmed/29101426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0952-y Text en © The Author(s) 2017 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Feingold, Daniel Koop, Stef van Leeuwen, Kees The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. |
title | The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. |
title_full | The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. |
title_fullStr | The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. |
title_full_unstemmed | The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. |
title_short | The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S. |
title_sort | city blueprint approach: urban water management and governance in cities in the u.s. |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5765205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29101426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0952-y |
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