Contributions of Urban Political Ecology to sustainable drainage transitions

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Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate how critical urban geography and Urban Political Ecology (UPE) can provide analytical tools to fully incorporate the social dimension in Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), overcoming ageographical and depoliticized understandings of sustainable stormwater transitions. Through its socio-technical framework, Sustainability Transitions Theory (STT) has contributed significantly to the discourses around governance, infrastructure and management of the new stormwater paradigm from hazard to resource. However, the theory fails to recognise the complexities that geographical, historical and political dynamics introduce into this process, as questions arise regarding why, how and for whom stormwater becomes a resource. The article argues that UPE can offer insights into why and how drainage transitions may take place in specific contexts, considering aspects of sustainability, social equity, justice and democracy.

Keywords

stormwater sustainable transition, critical urban geography, socio-political analysis, socio-environmental analysis

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Author Biography

Andrea Nóblega-Carriquiry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Department of Geography | Resources, Risks and Environmental Change in Catalonia

Published

2022-05-18

How to Cite

Nóblega-Carriquiry, A. (2022). Contributions of Urban Political Ecology to sustainable drainage transitions. Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica, 68(2), 363–391. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/dag.701

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