A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Viewpoint – From shallow to transformative water justice
Water systems across the world are being disrupted, and marginalised communities face compounding harms. In recognising inequities, policy-makers and prominent intergovernmental institutions increasingly draw on environmental justice frameworks to guide their priorities and decision-making. However, much of the discourse, planning and policy-making that targets inequitable relationships to water fails to address the underlying processes and structures that reproduce injustice; rather, they solely target inequitable conditions using status quo mechanisms. We introduce the concept of 'shallow water justice' to explain and critique such phenomena, which are not only insufficient for achieving water justice but also reinforce the power of marginalising structures. We demonstrate how shallow water justice has been furthered through multiple processes in international water policy spheres and we propose that, instead, transformative water justice be prioritised by challenging dominant structures, primarily legal and economic systems. Transitioning from shallow to transformative water justice enables policy-makers, researchers and communities to foster more equitable, diverse and sustainable relationships with water.
Viewpoint – From shallow to transformative water justice
Water systems across the world are being disrupted, and marginalised communities face compounding harms. In recognising inequities, policy-makers and prominent intergovernmental institutions increasingly draw on environmental justice frameworks to guide their priorities and decision-making. However, much of the discourse, planning and policy-making that targets inequitable relationships to water fails to address the underlying processes and structures that reproduce injustice; rather, they solely target inequitable conditions using status quo mechanisms. We introduce the concept of 'shallow water justice' to explain and critique such phenomena, which are not only insufficient for achieving water justice but also reinforce the power of marginalising structures. We demonstrate how shallow water justice has been furthered through multiple processes in international water policy spheres and we propose that, instead, transformative water justice be prioritised by challenging dominant structures, primarily legal and economic systems. Transitioning from shallow to transformative water justice enables policy-makers, researchers and communities to foster more equitable, diverse and sustainable relationships with water.
Viewpoint – From shallow to transformative water justice
Benji Reade-Malagueñ (author) / Kieren Rudge (author) / Sydney Moss (author) / Paolo D’Odorico (author)
2025
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