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Answering the Supply–Demand Gap with Alternative Water Sources: Retrofitting Cities to Achieve Net Zero Urban Water

Courtney Crosson
Landscape Journal, January 2021, 39 (1) 1-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.39.1.1
Courtney Crosson
Licensed architect and assistant professor at the University of Arizona. She has worked for Foster + Partners, UN Habitat, and BuroHappold Engineering. Her current research advances decentralized water systems to address pressing problems facing cities—whether water scarcity in the US Southwest or safe and affordable water access in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. She has received multiple national awards for her community outreach and design work focused on retrofitting cities for a changing climate.
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