Abstract:
This entry explores how foresight approaches can guide the future of water infrastructures.
It highlights key long-term disruptive drivers of change—such as climate change, digital
transformation, and geopolitical tensions—that infrastructures must withstand and adapt
to. It also emphasizes the role of collective choices and innovation alliances, including
Water-Oriented Living Labs, in shaping resilient and sustainable water systems. The focus
is on transforming today’s infrastructures into adaptive systems that ensure water security
and ecosystem integrity for future generations. Although many of the drivers of change
are global, this entry emphasizes the European context, where policy frameworks and
innovation agendas are currently shaping infrastructure transitions
