Special Session 29: Water Futures - Securing Water Futures: Resilient City-Regions through Innovative Planning and Integrated Governance
World Planning Schools Congress - WPSC 2026 | Aalto University, Helsinki
Special Session 29: Water Futures - Securing Water Futures: Resilient City-Regions through Innovative Planning and Integrated Governance
Convenors:
Patrícia Abrantes (Universidade de Lisboa)
Lina Suleiman (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone (Politecnico di Torino)
Amid intensifying droughts, floods, and hydrological stress driven by climate change and urbanization, governance and planning must move beyond sectoral silos toward systemic, spatially integrated approaches. This session explores how city-regions can anticipate and secure resilient water futures through innovative, climate-adaptive, and socially inclusive planning strategies.
We invite global contributions that advance conceptual, empirical, or methodological insights on:
- Integrated governance frameworks across sectors (water, land, climate, housing, energy, food) and scales (local to regional)
- Regional strategies for circular and nature-based water infrastructure
- Intermunicipal and transboundary cooperation for managing shared water risks and resources in metropolitan and peri-urban areas
- Inclusive and adaptive and data-informed planning instruments
More info
- Abstracts will be submitted via the WPSC general call World Planning Schools Congress 2026
- Interested in joining the session? Submit your abstract here! Planner Eventos
- Deadline extended until November 25th, 23:59 EET (Eastern European Time)
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