61. Equity and Affordability in Rural Communities and Tribal Nations
- Author:
- Energy and Environment Program
- Publication Date:
- 07-2020
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, serves as a platform for addressing domestic water challenges in the 21st century. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Forum took place across a series of virtual sessions exploring what constitutes good water governance through the lenses of water affordability and equity. While this topic was chosen prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, the pandemic has further revealed and exacerbated health and financial disparities across racial, gender, and geographic lines.
- Topic:
- Inequality, Rural, Public Health, Pandemic, Community, COVID-19, Tribes, and Equity
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America