WISA • MAD DIVISION
Why social data matters
The hydro-social cycle, rather than the traditional hydrological cycle, identifies social power and structures, inequality in water provision, and institutions and governance processes that shape the outcomes of water management
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JUL /AUG 2021
While water management has been framed predominantly as a technical field informed by natural science and engineering expertise – and addressed through infrastructure provision – it also has a social and political dimension that involves power relations, human values, behaviour and attitudes, providing a broader context for water management and governance.
