Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.3389/frwa.2026.1843836 |
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| Title (Primary) | Rethinking water security: integrating justice, governance, and socio-hydrological dynamics |
| Author | Höllermann, B.; de Brito, M.M.
; Pande, S.; Sivapalan, M. |
| Source Titel | Frontiers in Water |
| Year | 2026 |
| Department | SUSOZ |
| Volume | 8 |
| Page From | art. 1843836 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | AAAQG framework; acceptability; centralised systems; equality; hybrid-localised systems; interdiscipinarity; participation; water insecurity |
| Abstract | This perspective paper argues that persistent global water insecurity
reflects inequality rather than absolute scarcity. Despite
international recognition of the human right to water, billions remain
water-insecure, including many in water-rich countries, revealing a
persistent mismatch between availability and access. Building on six
papers in this Research Topic, we use the AAAQG framework, encompassing
availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality, and governance, to
develop a comparative perspective on water security as a dynamic
socio-hydrological and justice-related condition. Across the
contributions, water insecurity emerges less as a consequence of
hydrological limits than of institutions, unequal power relations,
fragmented governance, and wider poly-crisis dynamics. Our main
contribution is to highlight a central tension between technically
centralised water management and hybrid-localised water realities,
showing that water security is co-produced through infrastructure,
institutions, and lived practices. This tension demonstrates that
materially and socially grounded responses must be addressed together.
The paper concludes that advancing water security requires
justice-oriented, adaptive, participatory, and cross-sectoral governance
grounded in local contexts and lived experiences. |
| Höllermann, B., de Brito, M.M., Pande, S., Sivapalan, M. (2026): Rethinking water security: integrating justice, governance, and socio-hydrological dynamics Front. Water 8 , art. 1843836 10.3389/frwa.2026.1843836 |
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