Water as Leverage- Setting the scene for a call for action

Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia
Setting the Scene for a Call for Action
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… while creating
coalitions with
local and global
stakeholders in an
inclusive learning
environment …
Funding
Governance
Water
Design
Culture
Society
Water as Leverage’s methodology
combines research,
design and implementation
by setting up coalitions
with both local and global
stakeholders. This way it
facilitates a ‘learning by doing’
environment for climateresilient
project development
with immediate impact. It
creates an inclusive learning
environment for all partners:
the communities, cities, businesses
and governments of
the cities and regions at risk;
the developers, researchers,
engineers and designers that
work on solutions every day;
and partners from the public
and private sector that fund the
projects to make them a reality.
It is crucial to involve all essential
stakeholders from the
very beginning; from project
identification all the way to
implementation. Too often,
implementing partners wait
until fully ‘baked’ projects are
presented, and therefore lack
the opportunity to understand,
acknowledge and evaluate
the innovative capacity of
these projects. Working on the
ground will generate knowledge
and design strategies that
are replicable and applicable
elsewhere, opening doors
to new urban partnerships.
This process of accumulation
encompasses a greater field of
knowledge that only then gains
the potential for a larger impact.
Learning
environment
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