Water BOOST Enabling Innovation for Future Ready Cities 2025

Table 3 summarizes stakeholder participation across cities during the two fieldwork processes (explorative and validation). This collaborative, co-designed approach ensured that the research remained both context-aware and systems-informed. It helped reveal common enablers and constraints among cities, and it identified areas where targeted interventions could strengthen the enabling environment for urban water innovation. Stakeholder participation across six cities during the two fieldwork phases (explorative and validation)TABLE 3 Case-study city Fieldwork phase Total number of organizations Total number of stakeholders San Francisco Explorative 6 12 Valencia Explorative 11 19 SingaporeExplorative 9 18 Validation 5 12 Accra Explorative 11 26 Barcelona Validation 14 18 Bengaluru Validation 14 29 Non-case study Explorative 3 4 TOTAL Explorative 40 79 TOTAL Validation 33 59 TOTAL 73 138 Source: World Economic Forum Image credit: Pure Home Water – CREATE Station Water-BOOST: Enabling Innovation for Future-Ready Cities 13