This report explores pioneering water approaches in cities around the world. It promotes five key principles that look to reconnect people with the water cycle, and reconnect cities with their basins to deliver resilience and create healthier city environments that will help drive social and economic success.
Change is all around us. Climate change, population growth, urbanisation and resource depletion are the major global challenges facing humankind, and these issues are all most prevalent in our cities. With one in four large cities facing water stress, and water demand projected to increase by 55% by 2050, city leaders and developers must act now to meet future needs.
Our urban water infrastructure requires extensive renewal and expansion to effectively manage water resources if we are to meet demands. Whilst this is a significant challenge, it also provides an opportunity to revolutionise how urban water systems are designed, or retrofitted, to better manage our water resources.
Cities Alive: Water for People provides focus towards innovative ‘blue’ city thinking as a solution to current and future social and environmental challenges.
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