@article{0a8e7c0e76374f2da381f1ba89bb97ad,
title = "Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance",
abstract = "Household water insecurity has serious implications for the health, livelihoods and wellbeing of people around the world. Existing methods to assess the state of household water insecurity focus largely on water quality, quantity or adequacy, source or reliability, and affordability. These methods have significant advantages in terms of their simplicity and comparability, but are widely recognized to oversimplify and underestimate the global burden of household water insecurity. In contrast, a broader definition of household water insecurity should include entitlements and human capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political institutions and processes. This paper proposes a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods that can be widely adopted across cultural, geographic, and demographic contexts to assess hard-to-measure dimensions of household water insecurity. In doing so, it critically evaluates existing methods for assessing household water insecurity and suggests ways in which methodological innovations advance a broader definition of household water insecurity.",
keywords = "Ethnography, Household water insecurity, Measurement, Methodological, Methods, Qualitative",
author = "Amber Wutich and Jessica Budds and Laura Eichelberger and Jo Geere and {M. Harris}, Leila and {A. Horney}, Jennifer and Wendy Jepson and Emma Norman and Kathleen O'Reilly and Pearson, {Amber L.} and {H. Shah}, Sameer and Jamie Shinn and Karen Simpson and Chad Staddon and Justin Stoler and Teodoro, {Manuel P.} and {L. Young}, Sera",
note = "Funding Information: Our collaboration on this manuscript began during a two-day workshop “Rethinking Household Water Security Measurement and Metrics” (September 28–30, 2016 at Texas A&M University, College Station TX), organized by Wendy Jepson, Amber Wutich, and Sera L. Young. The workshop was supported by Jack Baldauf, David Cairns, the College of Geosciences, the Water Security Initiative (WSI), and Department of Geography at Texas A&M University. We thank Christopher Scott for his patience and support as we developed this paper. Thanks also to Ben Trumble for consulting on the literature on reciprocity and Josh Miller for his assistance with paper preparation. Chad Staddon would like to acknowledge the support of the Lloyd{\textquoteright}s Register Foundation, a charitable foundation helping to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research. Sera L. Young was supported by R21MH108444 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Mental Health or the National Institutes of Health. Amber Wutich acknowledges the support of Arizona State University{\textquoteright}s Center for Global Health and the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-1462086, DMUU: DCDC III: Transformational Solutions for Urban Water Sustainability Transitions in the Colorado River Basin and Grant Nos. DEB-1637590 and DEB-1026865, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2017",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.wasec.2017.09.001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2",
pages = "1--10",
journal = "Water Security",
issn = "2468-3124",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}
