How to measure urban water security? An introduction to the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT)
The objective of the project was to develop a web-based digital tool called the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) to help city authorities and decision-makers make an objective evaluation of the water security situation in the city. It uses an indicator-based methodology tha...
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The objective of the project was to develop a web-based digital tool called the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) to help city authorities and decision-makers make an objective evaluation of the water security situation in the city. It uses an indicator-based methodology that measures five distinct dimensions (broad elements) of water security: “Water supply and sanitation”, “Water productivity”, “Water-related disasters”, “Water environment”, and “Water governance”, which together culminate into a Water Security Index (WSI). The tool is developed based on the water security assessment framework developed by Babel, Dang, Sharma, and Shinde (2015). WATSAT results in a quantitative assessment of water security in a city, wherein the WSI provides an overall picture of the water security situation in a city, while the evaluation of the various dimensions helps identify areas of concern. WATSAT aids city authorities in having a holistic understanding of water security and interconnections of various factors affecting it and assists them in informed decision-making to arrive at system-based interventions to tackle water security threats in the cities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ac3f5ccc3b34d07a3a856bf7553890c2023-06-06T05:56:17ZengAsia-Pacific Network for Global Change ResearchAPN Science Bulletin2522-79712023-05-0113110.30852/sb.2023.2166How to measure urban water security? An introduction to the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT)Mukand Babel0Kaushal Chapagain1Victor Shinde2Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of TechnologyNational Institute of Urban Affairs, IndiaWater Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology The objective of the project was to develop a web-based digital tool called the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) to help city authorities and decision-makers make an objective evaluation of the water security situation in the city. It uses an indicator-based methodology that measures five distinct dimensions (broad elements) of water security: “Water supply and sanitation”, “Water productivity”, “Water-related disasters”, “Water environment”, and “Water governance”, which together culminate into a Water Security Index (WSI). The tool is developed based on the water security assessment framework developed by Babel, Dang, Sharma, and Shinde (2015). WATSAT results in a quantitative assessment of water security in a city, wherein the WSI provides an overall picture of the water security situation in a city, while the evaluation of the various dimensions helps identify areas of concern. WATSAT aids city authorities in having a holistic understanding of water security and interconnections of various factors affecting it and assists them in informed decision-making to arrive at system-based interventions to tackle water security threats in the cities.https://www.apn-gcr.org/bulletin/?p=2166 |
| spellingShingle | Mukand Babel Kaushal Chapagain Victor Shinde How to measure urban water security? An introduction to the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) APN Science Bulletin |
| title | How to measure urban water security? An introduction to the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) |
| title_full | How to measure urban water security? An introduction to the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) |
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| title_short | How to measure urban water security? An introduction to the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT) |
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