Water, cities and dwelling
Flood and homecoming narratives What does the promise to leave a place to return to require?
What this series asks
- Can the loss of a place be expressed only in asset prices?
- Who moves first and who stays?
- How do upstream and downstream rights and generational use rights conflict?
The questions
1 · 2034 · 3 months until the disaster budget is setWhere to build the barrier and where to leaveAll 13 judgments agree
2 · 2047 · 30 days until dry-season allocationDesalinated water: who gets it firstAll 13 judgments agree
3 · 2105 · 1 year until the heritage management contractWhat keeps a city going under waterAll 13 judgments agree
4 · 2031 · 12 days until the dry-season water withdrawal agreementThe years spent guarding the well and the water needed todayAll 13 judgments agree
5 · 2063 · 4 months until the seasonal migration corridor opensMoving homes and neighbors who cannot moveAll 13 judgments agree
6 · 2120 · 5 months until the light-well maintenance planLight in the underground city: between food and daily lifeSplit 9:2
7 · 2042 · 12 hours until the next automated operating cycleDownstream drinking water and upstream power hang on the same waterAll 13 judgments agree
8 · 2054 · 45 days until the large withdrawal right is renewedSpend pipe-replacement money on a 20-year water intake right?Split 8:3
9 · 2048 · 30 days until the current raw water supply contract endsA 30-day supply deadline, long-term effects still unknownSplit 10:1
10 · 2049 · Decision deadline: within 90 daysEven if three villages leave, the waterways remainAll 13 judgments agree
11 · 2064 · Decision deadline: within 1 yearShould we empty today's city for 100 years of benefitAll 13 judgments agree
12 · 2026 · within 40 days for the expansion construction contractIs replacing the old pipes part of the new residents' shareAll 13 judgments agree
13 · 2026 · within 30 days to order the meter replacementHow much record-keeping does it take to find a leakAll 13 judgments agree
14 · 2026 · within 21 days for the night operations contractThe labor that keeps public toilets open at nightAll 13 judgments agree
15 · 2026 · within 45 days for the rooftop renovation contractBetween rainwater and solar power, the rooftop is limitedAll 13 judgments agree
16 · 2026 · within 30 days for pre-rainy-season support agreementsIf you leave to escape flooding, where does daily life goAll 13 judgments agree
17 · 2026 · within 60 days for the conversion project agreementThe more homes we build, the smaller they getAll 13 judgments agree
18 · 2026 · within 45 days for the next tariff agreementDo you have to disclose your finances to pay less water billSplit 8:3
19 · 2026 · within 18 days for the road paving contractShould a pipeline still to be used be left beneath the new pavement?All 13 judgments agree
20 · 2026 · within 12 days for the dry-season operating agreementStopping the fountain also cuts a place to escape the heatAll 13 judgments agree
21 · 2026 · within 40 days for the elevator replacement agreementShould light users of the elevator pay the same shareSplit 10:1
22 · 2026 · within 30 days for the new occupancy agreementIncome from an empty room, responsibility neighbors shareAll 13 judgments agree
23 · 2026 · within 30 days to finalize the rainwater worksWhere the rainwater stays, where the car staysAll 13 judgments agree
24 · 2026 · within 35 days for the shared facilities contractIf you share a washing machine, you have to align your schedulesAll 13 judgments agree
25 · 2026 · within 28 days for the usage reportThe store's situation reflected in its water-use recordsAll 13 judgments agree
26 · 2026 · within 50 days for the demolition and dismantling contractThe price of demolition that saves materialsAll 13 judgments agree
27 · 2117 · within 90 days for the new space agreementWhen my room grows, the neighbor's wall moves tooSplit 8:3
28 · 2076 · within 120 days for the new water service agreementEven self-supplied households still owe the network's costAll 13 judgments agree
29 · 2150 · within 1 year for the new withdrawal agreementIs water pulled from air the owner's shareAll 13 judgments agree
30 · 2221 · within 90 days for the new repair settingsA self-repairing house also erases the occupant's tracesAll 13 judgments agree
31 · 2308 · within 2 years for the next mobility agreementWhen the city moves, where do the rights stayAll 13 judgments agree
32 · 2184 · within 1 year for the new circulation agreementReused water: do the first rights carry onSplit 7:4
33 · 2267 · within 2 years for the new living network agreementIf you share a life-support network, must you share life rules tooAll 13 judgments agree
34 · 2140 · within 120 days for the new residence standardSomebody calls the home you live in every day a vacancyAll 13 judgments agree
35 · 2204 · within 6 months for the new long-term lease agreementThe house you fix now is material for the next personAll 13 judgments agree
36 · 2123 · within 18 months for the infrastructure handoverAfter the city leaves, whose share is the remaining infrastructureSplit 7:2:2
37 · 1955 · within 120 days for the first relocation agreementA better home, neighbors who can scatterSplit 8:3
38 · 1955 · within 60 days before the next sowingOn the day the land is divided, whose share is the harvestAll 13 judgments agree