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DOI	10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.06.007
	Interrogating rainwater harvesting as Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Urbanism
	Elder, Alison D.; Gerlak, Andrea K.
通讯作者	Elder, AD (corresponding author), Univ Arizona, Sch Geog & Dev, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA.
来源期刊	GEOFORUM
ISSN	0016-7185
EISSN	1872-9398
出版年	2019
卷号	104 页码:46-54
英文摘要	For the first time in history, the global population is more concentrated in urban spaces than in rural areas. Population growth, climate change, and increasing stress on water resources evidence the urgency of adopting more sustainable urban water management practices. Drawing on contributions from the literature on informality, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Urbanism, and urban rainwater harvesting, we investigate DIY Urbanism as a specific type of informality and as a strategy for citizen action to push local governments to adopt and institutionalize water sustainability initiatives. Taking the city of Tucson, Arizona, a pioneer of arid urban rainwater harvesting practices, as a case study, we examine rainwater harvesting as a proposed sustainable urban water management practice for a water-stressed city with aging infrastructure and a growing population particularly vulnerable to a changing climate. Based on interviews, stakeholder meetings, and document analysis, this paper examines several elements of the rainwater harvesting movement in Tucson that both mesh with and differ from other types of informality. We find that although rainwater harvesting contributes to the vision of an urban utopia for some local activists and NGO actors, for those working within the municipal bureaucracy, it may be viewed as an attack on social order and private resource rights. Despite some loss of autonomy in implementing DIY Urbanism after its institutionalization and emerging maintenance issues, DIY Urbanists in Tucson continue to challenge official authority to remake the city. We caution that the subsequent institutionalization of urban rainwater harvesting should not further institutionalize inequities in access but rather promote greater water democracy in cities.
英文关键词	DIY Urbanism Informality Rainwater harvesting Green infrastructure Sustainable urban water management Water democracy
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000478704100005
WOS关键词	WATER MANAGEMENT ; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ; INFORMALITY ; POLITICS ; CITIES ; CITY
WOS类目	Geography
WOS研究方向	Geography
来源机构	University of Arizona
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369317
作者单位	[Elder, Alison D.; Gerlak, Andrea K.] Univ Arizona, Sch Geog & Dev, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Elder, Alison D.,Gerlak, Andrea K.. Interrogating rainwater harvesting as Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Urbanism[J]. University of Arizona,2019,104:46-54.
APA	Elder, Alison D.,&Gerlak, Andrea K..(2019).Interrogating rainwater harvesting as Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Urbanism.GEOFORUM,104,46-54.
MLA	Elder, Alison D.,et al."Interrogating rainwater harvesting as Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Urbanism".GEOFORUM 104(2019):46-54.