Abstract
In the US, access to fresh water has historically built wealth for advantaged, mostly White communities, whereas communities of color are disproportionately burdened by degraded water quality and infrastructure disinvestments. As sustainability scientists aim to ameliorate these inequities, they must center historical context, synthetic thinking, and co-development with community partners.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 211-213 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | One Earth |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs |
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State | Published - Mar 20 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding for the CREATE Initiative was provided by the University of Minnesota Provost’s Grand Challenges Research Initiative with support from the Institute on the Environment . We thank the CREATE Policy Think Tank—particularly Darlene St. Clair, Tsega Tamene, Shannon Smith Jones, Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, and Glenda Simmons-Jenkins—for their insights on the relationship between water and equity in their communities.
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