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Water Conservation: Theory and Evidence in Urban Areas of the Developed World by SAURI, David

“…Water conservation is gaining ascendancy around the world as the most important strategy for water planning and management for the future decades. In the urban…”
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Naturalizing pollution: a critical social science view on the link between potash mining and salinization in the Llobregat river basin, northeast Spain by Gorostiza, Santiago, Saurí, David

“…The scientific literature distinguishes between primary or natural and secondary or human-induced salinization. Assessing this distinction is of vital…”
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A comparative appraisal of the use of rainwater harvesting in single and multi-family buildings of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (Spain): social experience, drinking water savings and economic costs by Domenech, Laia, Sauri, David

“…Many urban areas suffer water scarcity but paradoxically, a local source of water such as rainwater is mostly treated as a risk rather than as a valuable…”
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Urban sprawl in the Mediterranean? Patterns of growth and change in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region 1993-2000 by CATALAN, Bibiana, SAURI, David, SERRA, Pere

“…Patterns of growth and change in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) 1993-2000 were studied. In the Barcelona region, the urban saturation of the…”
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‘No more thirst, cold, or darkness!’ – Social movements, households, and the coproduction of knowledge on water and energy vulnerability in Barcelona, Spain by Yoon, Hyerim, Saurí, David

“…Water and energy vulnerability (WEV) in Barcelona continues to stir up social debates in Spain, as the social movement known as the Aliança contra pobresa…”
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The end of scarcity? Water desalination as the new cornucopia for Mediterranean Spain by March, Hug, Saurí, David, Rico-Amorós, Antonio M.

“…•We develop a critical and reflexive perspective on the use of desalination in Spain.•Desalination plants were massively implemented by means of the AGUA…”
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Socio-technical transitions in water scarcity contexts: Public acceptance of greywater reuse technologies in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona by DOMENECH, Laia, SAURI, David

“…Greywater reuse systems are becoming more and more common in the new multi-storey buildings of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. A main driver of this trend…”
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Degrowth initiatives in the urban water sector? A social multi-criteria evaluation of non-conventional water alternatives in Metropolitan Barcelona by Domènech, Laia, March, Hug, Saurí, David

“…Debates on degrowth have mainly focused on theoretical issues, specially around the unsustainability of the current economic model based on growth. Along those…”
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Urbanisation and Water Consumption: Influencing Factors in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona by Domene, Elena, Saurí, David

“…This paper is concerned with the relationships between urbanisation and residential water consumption, taking as a case study the Metropolitan Region of…”
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Non-conventional resources for the coming drought: the development of rainwater harvesting systems in a Mediterranean suburban area by Saurí, David, Garcia, Xavier

“…The city of Sant Cugat del Vallès (Spain) has made mandatory the installation of rainwater harvesting systems in new housing units with large gardens but also…”
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Water reuse: A review of recent international contributions and an agenda for future research by Saurí, David, Arahuetes, Ana

“…Wastewater treatment and the generation of recycled water for eventual reuse are raising important expectations worldwide as a resource of interest to solve…”
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Experiences of water poverty in the metropolitan area of Barcelona: implications for the Global North by Romero-Gomez, Gustavo, Nadal, Jordi, Saurí, David

“…Water poverty, primarily understood as a problem of affordability, is increasingly important in developed countries. It burdens vulnerable households with…”
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Where have all the sediments gone? Reservoir silting and sedimentary justice in the lower Ebro River by Gorostiza, Santiago, Parrinello, Giacomo, Aguettaz-Vilchez, Daniel, Saurí, David

“…At the intersection of natural and social sciences, interest in river sedimentary fluxes and their alteration by human activities is increasing in the context…”
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Peri-urban agriculture in Barcelona: outlining landscape dynamics vis à vis socio-environmental functions by Serra, Pere, Saurí, David, Salvati, Luca

“…Dispersed urbanisation promotes complex relationships between rural areas and the urban fringe, with emerging new functions for peri-urban agriculture (PUA)…”
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A breakthrough in urban rain-harvesting schemes through planning for urban greening: Case studies from Stockholm and Barcelona by Suleiman, Lina, Olofsson, Bo, Saurí, David, Palau-Rof, Laura

“…•Political decisions and support for experimentation to solve socio-environmental problems have potentials to provide innovative solutions.•Small-scale…”
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Feeding the City and Making the Revolution: Women and Urban Agriculture in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) by Camps‐Calvet, Marta, Gorostiza, Santiago, Saurí, David

“…The everyday difficulties faced by working‐class women, including access to food, are aggravated in critical periods, such as wars and economic crises…”
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Water conservation campaigns and citizen perceptions: the drought of 2007–2008 in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona by March, Hug, Domènech, Laia, Saurí, David

“…Droughts are expected to become more common in Mediterranean urban contexts during the next decades. Water conservation campaigns are a crucial part of drought…”
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Atlantic Gardens in Mediterranean Climates: Understanding the Production of Suburban Natures in Barcelona by PARÉS, MARC, MARCH, HUG, SAURÍ, DAVID

“…While the city of Barcelona is being held up worldwide as an example of a compact and sustainable urban settlement, its metropolitan region has been…”
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Socio-Spatial Analysis of Water Affordability at Small Scales: A Needs-Based Approach by Gustavo Romero-Gomez, Elena Domene, Xavier Garcia, Hyerim Yoon, David Saurí

“…Water affordability as a dimension of water poverty is becoming an increasing source of concern in cities of the Global North. Studies on water affordability…”
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The deadlock of metropolitan remunicipalisation of water services management in Barcelona by March, Hug, Grau-Satorras, Mar, Saurí, David, Swyngedouw, Erik

“…This article chronicles the complex, meandering, contested, and path-dependent unfolding of the remunicipalisation agenda pursued by a range of political…”
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