Green Thinking Review
Edition 78
Water-Sensitive Cities
Designing with Water, Not Against It
A practical shift from flood control to water stewardship—showing how rainfall, buildings, landscapes, drainage, wetlands and public spaces can work together as one urban water system.
Edition cover · web-ready PDF availableWhy this edition matters
A question with consequences.
Water insecurity and flooding are often treated as separate emergencies. Water-sensitive design connects rain, drainage, buildings, landscapes and reuse so cities can manage scarcity and excess as one system.
Inside GTR 78
A complete conversation, in one focused edition.
Seven water-sensitive urban responses
Five water actions for the next 90 days
Water, cities and stewardship
2040: When every drop had a job
Cover story
Every Drop Has a Job
Every drop has a job.
Ideas become useful when they meet a real place, a real challenge and the people shaping what comes next.
GTR reflection · Shareable thought
“The future of water-sensitive cities may depend less on how quickly they remove water and more on how wisely they retain, reuse and respect it.”— Green Thinking Review, Edition 78
How to cite
Reference this edition.
Green Thinking Review. “Water-Sensitive Cities: Designing with Water, Not Against It.” GTR 78, 19 June 2026. https://www.greenthinking.sheltagroup.com/issues/water-sensitive-cities
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