Image Sources: Covina Citrus Industry Photographs, Covina Public Library; Wikipedia A recent post that originally ran on the California WaterBlog from the UC Davis… Read More »The Hard Work of Sustainable Groundwater Management
Infrastructure makes up critical physical and technological systems in the built environment, or the “sinews” of the city (Tarr 1984). With industrialization in Europe and… Read More »U.S. Urban Infrastructure: Eras and Development
Groundwater is an important water source in urbanized areas. Cities across many geographies and climates, including Beijing, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Bangkok, Houston,… Read More »Groundwater Use in Urban Development
This entry is also posted on the Sustainable Cities International blog, which gives updates of work from SCI’s Affiliated Researchers and interns working with member… Read More »Managing Arroyos in Los Cabos
Water infrastructure is typically about pipes and bills. Most cities have dedicated departments that manage water distribution, sewage, and stormwater systems. Today, however, new designs… Read More »Hybridization in Stormwater Infrastructure and Governance
An excerpt from a recently published journal article on governance of urban stormwater systems in future cities…. San Francisco provides a relevant example to understand governance… Read More »Stormwater Management and Governance in San Francisco
Water infrastructure is typically about pipes and bills. Most cities have dedicated departments that manage water distribution, sewage, and stormwater systems. Today, however, new designs… Read More »Urban Water and Governance
The sheer power of Hurricane Sandy and the damage it inflicted upon New York City is both improbable and ominous. Improbable because extreme climatic events… Read More »Resilient Futures
I was prepping for an upcoming lecture on urban water systems that was sure to benefit from some lively video interventions. Cinema scenes related to… Read More »Sewers in Cinema
I have been shamelessly behind in reading Dan Hill’s fantastic City of Sound blog over the past year for no good reasons. For anyone interested… Read More »Infrastructure + Resident + City