Nation Rebuilding Series - Volume 9
Water, Water can be Everywhere
November 2022 | Mateo Orrantia and Mercedes Labelle
There are various cases of ‘basic build infrastructure’ on reserves, whereby a blanket approach to infrastructure funding, design and construction without accounting for a community’s unique needs and circumstances is utilized. Given that successful infrastructure development goes hand-in-hand with economic and social success, this paper analyzes Indigenous and non-Indigenous case studies on water systems and provides practices to implement and those to avoid.
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This paper is a part of the Nation rebuilding Series. The series consists of 12 volumes which demonstrate that, to rebuild successfully, these nations must have a foundation of sustainable economic prosperity.
Related Research:
Volume 1 - Rebuilding First Nations Through Sustainable Prosperity
Volume 2 - A Brief History and Potential Future Vision for Additions to Reserves
Volume 3 - Urban Reserves in the context of Sustainable First Nation Prosperity
Volume 4 - The Decision-Making Process Behind Urban Reserve Development
Volume 5 - Financing Autonomy: Limits and Opportunities within Existing Funding Arrangements
Volume 6 - Options for Indigenous Economic Empowerment and Prosperity
Volume 7 - A House Should be a Home
Volume 8 - Energy Can be Innovating
Volume 10 - Welcoming Public Spaces
Volume 11- Local Roads that Last
Volume 12 - Financing Infrastructure is not a one-time grant