Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water

Multidimensional poverty measurements at the international level include the indicator of having access to safe drinking water within the optimal living standards. At the European level, though, the reference is to the overall affordability of the urban services provided to a household. As a multidi...

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Author: Pérez Foguet, Agustí|||0000-0002-2737-4710
Format: Article
Publication date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/403731
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/403731
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104573
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Water-supply -- Human rights
Human rights to water and sanitation
Water poverty
Sustainable development goals
Technical building codes
Instantaneous water flow
Intermittent water supply
Aigua -- Drets humans
Aigua -- Abastament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament humà::Aigua i sanejament
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description Multidimensional poverty measurements at the international level include the indicator of having access to safe drinking water within the optimal living standards. At the European level, though, the reference is to the overall affordability of the urban services provided to a household. As a multidimensional concept, though, water poverty must include lack of access (or even poor access) to water services. This paper assumes that the lack of access to certain levels of water services should be considered poverty in access to water, and proposes a multidimensional characterization of levels of service that takes as a reference the specific normative component of the human right to water. In other words, poverty in access to water is matched with deprivation in the realization of a human right. To exemplify the approach, the paper presents a proposal for an evaluative framework for the case of a household in a dense urban area in southern Europe.
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spelling Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water Pérez Foguet, Agustí|||0000-0002-2737-4710 Water-supply -- Human rights Human rights to water and sanitation Water poverty Sustainable development goals Technical building codes Instantaneous water flow Intermittent water supply Aigua -- Drets humans Aigua -- Abastament Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament humà::Aigua i sanejament Multidimensional poverty measurements at the international level include the indicator of having access to safe drinking water within the optimal living standards. At the European level, though, the reference is to the overall affordability of the urban services provided to a household. As a multidimensional concept, though, water poverty must include lack of access (or even poor access) to water services. This paper assumes that the lack of access to certain levels of water services should be considered poverty in access to water, and proposes a multidimensional characterization of levels of service that takes as a reference the specific normative component of the human right to water. In other words, poverty in access to water is matched with deprivation in the realization of a human right. To exemplify the approach, the paper presents a proposal for an evaluative framework for the case of a household in a dense urban area in southern Europe. Award-winning Elsevier https://hdl.handle.net/2117/403731 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104573
spellingShingle Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
Pérez Foguet, Agustí|||0000-0002-2737-4710
Water-supply -- Human rights
Human rights to water and sanitation
Water poverty
Sustainable development goals
Technical building codes
Instantaneous water flow
Intermittent water supply
Aigua -- Drets humans
Aigua -- Abastament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament humà::Aigua i sanejament
title Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
title_full Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
title_fullStr Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
title_full_unstemmed Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
title_short Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
title_sort Broadening the water affordability approach to monitor the human right to water
topic Water-supply -- Human rights
Human rights to water and sanitation
Water poverty
Sustainable development goals
Technical building codes
Instantaneous water flow
Intermittent water supply
Aigua -- Drets humans
Aigua -- Abastament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament humà::Aigua i sanejament
topic_facet Water-supply -- Human rights
Human rights to water and sanitation
Water poverty
Sustainable development goals
Technical building codes
Instantaneous water flow
Intermittent water supply
Aigua -- Drets humans
Aigua -- Abastament
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament humà::Aigua i sanejament
url https://hdl.handle.net/2117/403731
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104573