W4C

The Water4Change (W4C) research programme addresses the complex challenges to urban water systems faced by fast-growing secondary cities in India and the sustainability transitions that are needed for short- and long-term mitigation of, adaptation to and coping with urgencies and uncertainties. By co-creating a Water Sensitive City Framework and a Fit-for-Purpose Guidelines, W4C aims to enable water sensitive development, accounting for site specificities, knowledge and practices, presenting innovative interventions, practices and design, and policy guidelines... W4C employs inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge co-production to co-produce our research outputs and enhance legitimacy and salience of these in our three case study cities. In so doing, W4C aims to project and achieve real impact on the ground. In this approach, we combine conceptual work to develop a context aware and responsive water sensitive design framework with in-depth comparative case study work to test and apply..

Primary location: Roorkee India