Warner, Mildred E., Marcela González Rivas and Xue Zhang 2020. "Water Equity, COVID-19 and the Role of US Cities and States," Viewpoint, Town Planning Review, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.66
Access to drinking water is treated as a commodity in the US, not a human right. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US cities and states have enacted moratoriums on water shutoffs. What differentiates these states and cities? Will this lead to a shift in the recognition of the public health value of water? Planning can help lift up the equity dimensions of water access in the US.
Subject: COVID-19,Planning