Justice in (English) water infrastructure: a systematic review

Elisabeth A. Shrimpton; Dexter Hunt; Chris D.F. Rogers

doi:10.3390/su13063363

Justice in (English) water infrastructure: a systematic review

Elisabeth A. Shrimpton^*
, Dexter Hunt
, Chris D.F. Rogers

^*Corresponding author for this work

Civil Engineering

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Abstract

This paper reports on a systematic review of the literature around governance and water infrastructure in England to analyse data on the application, or absence, of justice themes. It finds that, unlike in other sectors, justice thinking is far from embedded in the water sector here and whilst there are signs of a discussion there is a lack of sophistication and coherence around the debate. More positively, the research suggests that the concept of justice can be used as a tool or framework to help air and address these complex issues and in doing so is an advance on the concept of sustainability. By exploring the issues in this way, the study reveals a wealth of opportunities to use justice‐thinking to improve infrastructure decision making. It is suggested a justice approach is the next step as our thinking matures beyond sustainability, improving the decisions we make for people and planet.

Original language	English
Article number	3363
Number of pages	18
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063363
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2021

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the UK Engineer‐ ing and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grants EP/R017727 (UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities Coordination Node) and EP/S016813 (Pervasive Sensing of Buried Pipes), and both EPSRC and United Utilities for supporting the doctoral research study of the first author, of which this is a part.

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Governance
Infrastructure
Justice
Sustainability
Systematic literature review
Wastewater
Water

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Justice in (English) water infrastructure: a systematic review

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