Jumping to the top: catalysts for leapfrogging to a water sensitive city

[摘要] Climate change, population growth and rapid urbanisation have severe implications for cities and the way in which they interact with water. As a response to these challenges the water sensitive cities concept emerged, which supports cities to become more resilient to these challenges while making them more prosperous, sustainable and liveable. A water sensitive city harnesses the whole water cycle through integrated water management solutions, designs beautiful blue and green urban spaces and comprises healthy communities who are strongly connected with each other and with their local environment. Indonesian cities have an opportunity to 'leapfrog' towards a water sensitive city and to bypass the negative consequences that have resulted from urbanisation and growth that developed countries have gone through. Contributing to this growing field of research, this paper synthesizes key insights from the transformative change, sustainable urban water management and leapfrogging literature. The paper defines what leapfrogging to a water sensitive city means and describes three catalysts that facilitate this transition: trans-disciplinary science, cross sectoral collaboration and innovation experiments. The paper also introduces a joint Australian-Indonesian research program that develops water sensitive city leapfrogging strategies by translating these catalysts into practice.

[发布机构] School of Social Science, Monash University, Australia^1;Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia^2;Monash Art Design and Architecture, Monash University, Australia^3;Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia^4;Department of Landscape Architecture, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^5;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Indonesia, Indonesia^6;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^7;Centre for Election and Political Party, University of Indonesia, Indonesia^8;Department of Resource and Environmental Economics, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia; (10) Directorate of Research and Innovation, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia; (11) Graduate School for Strategies and Global Studies, University of Indonesia, Indonesia; (12) Directorate of Research and Community Engagement, University of Indonesia, Indonesia^9

[效力级别] 农业科学 [学科分类] 农业科学（综合）

[关键词] Developed countries;Integrated water management;leapfrogging;Local environments;Research programs;Strongly connected;Urban water management;Water-sensitive cities