Safe and secure water is a cornerstone of modern life in the global North. This article
critically examines a set of prevalent myths about household water in high‐income …

Centralized water infrastructure has, over the last century, brought safe and reliable drinking
water to much of the world. But climate change, combined with aging and underfunded …

Mega-damming, pollution and depletion endanger rivers worldwide. Meanwhile, modernist
imaginaries of ordering 'unruly waters and humans' have become cornerstones of hydraulic …

Infrastructures and their roles and connections to and in territories and territorialization
processes have increasingly become objects of study in political geography scholarship. In …

Indigenous peoples often view water as a living entity or a relative, to which they have a
sacred responsibility. Such a perspective frequently conflicts with settler societies' view of …

To understand the broader epistemological and ontological politics of human dimensions of
climate change, this review adopts a political ecology approach, informed by Science and …

Water security is a concept that has gained ascendance in policy circles and academic
scholarship, yet it remains loosely defined. Indeed, several review articles and edited …

Highlights•Narratives of transformation have material implications for 1.5 C futures; they
'matter'.•The 'information deficit'can be filled by improved narrative form.•Filling the 'narrative …

Indigenous peoples experience water insecurity disproportionately. There are many
parallels between the injustices experienced by racialized and marginalized populations …

Assumptions of trust in water systems are widespread in higher-income countries, often
linked to expectations of “modern water.” The current literature on water and trust also tends …