Building a Climate-Resilient City: Water supply and sanitation systems

The document outlines strategies for enhancing the resilience of urban water and sanitation infrastructure against climate shocks, emphasizing multi-barrier methods, redundancy, decentralization, and green infrastructure.

• Creating a water supply system capable of withstanding climate shocks necessitates the use of "multi-barrier" methods to reinforce every component of the infrastructure.
• Policy priorities should include establishing redundancy in water supply, specifically allowing for the flexibility to switch between groundwater and surface water sources.
• Decentralized water supply and sanitation options are currently feasible and serve to complement centralized systems while providing additional resilience.
• Climate risks can be reduced through the application of green infrastructure for stormwater management and water conservation efforts.

APA

Venema,, J. T. D. (2017). Building a Climate-Resilient City: Water supply and sanitation systems. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-climate-resilient-city-water-supply-and-sanitation-systems

Chicago

Venema,, Jennifer Temmer,Henry David. Building a Climate-Resilient City: Water supply and sanitation systems. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2017. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-climate-resilient-city-water-supply-and-sanitation-systems.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{venema2017building, author = {Venema,, Jennifer Temmer,Henry David}, title = {{Building a Climate-Resilient City: Water supply and sanitation systems}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2017}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-climate-resilient-city-water-supply-and-sanitation-systems}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }