• Articulating the new urban water paradigm 

      Franco Torres, Manuel; Rogers, Briony C.; Harder, Robin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Urban water systems in industrialized countries have underpinned unprecedented improvements in urban living standards through effective drinking water supply, sanitation and drainage. However, conventional urban water ...
    • Framing Urban Water 

      Franco Torres, Manuel (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:119, Doctoral thesis, 2022)
      In recent decades, Western societies have been experiencing accelerated growth in diversity, connectivity, complexity, and uncertainty. In the urban water sector, this evolution has thus far manifested in the emergence of ...
    • The Path to the New Urban Water Paradigm – From Modernity to Metamodernism 

      Franco Torres, Manuel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The urban water sector in industrialised countries is transitioning towards a new paradigm, usually characterised by participatory approaches to governance, integrated modes of management, circular economies, partnership ...
    • Understanding the governance of urban water services from an institutional logics perspective 

      Franco Torres, Manuel; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Ugarelli, Rita Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In recent decades, the urban water sector has experienced accelerating social complexity that derives from conflicting goals and beliefs, making the sustainability of the sector primarily a governance issue. However, ...