Learning from Crises to Build Urban Water Security
Sarah Jane Hughes; Michael T Wilson; Jonathan Cohen; Rebecca Tisherman; Linnea Warren May; Jay Balagna; Sara Stullken
RAND Corporation
2025
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A loss of available water supply is one of the catastrophic risks of climate change that decisionmakers must confront. Cities around the world have already faced severe threats to their water supplies. In this report, the authors examine the experiences of five cities with severe or catastrophic water supply risks to identify steps that could be taken ahead of time to mitigate those risks and build urban water security.