Global Water Ethics
Towards a global ethics charter
Rafael Ziegler editor David Groenfeldt editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:20th Feb '17
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Scholarly interest in water ethics is increasing, motivated by the urgency of climate change, water scarcity, privatization and conflicts over water resources. Water ethics can provide both conceptual perspectives and practical methodologies for identifying outcomes which are environmentally sustainable and socially just. This book assesses the implications of ongoing research in framing a new discipline of water ethics in practice.
Contributions consider the difficult ethical and epistemological questions of water ethics in a global context, as well as offering local, empirical perspectives. Case study chapters focus on a range of countries including Canada, China, Germany, India, South Africa and the USA. The respective insights are brought together in the final section concerning the practical project of a universal water ethics charter, alongside theoretical questions about the legitimacy of a global water ethics.
Overall the book provides a stimulating examination of water ethics in theory and practice, relevant to academics and professionals in the fields of water resource management and governance, environmental ethics, geography, law and political science.
"Overall, it was a delight to read and engage this book. It is an important reference text for which specific chapters will teach very well in courses on fresh water values, ethics, and governance...Global Water Ethics is an important contribution to a growing set of ethical and governance reflections on water. There is much here that I recommend, even as there is more to be charted." - Christiana Zenner in Water Alternatives, 2019
"One wonders why the creation of a water ethics charter took such a long time, over four decades after the outset of the environmental ethics movement. It is about time for the general public to realize the seriousness of the ethical aspects of using and managing water resources for future generations. This book will be an addition to the existing literature on water resource management. It is recommended reading for all environmental managers, scientists and policy makers who care about the current and future shortage of water in society." - Govindasamy Agoramoorthy in Environmental Earth Sciences, 2017
"Overall, it was a delight to read and engage this book. It is an important reference text for which specific chapters will teach very well in courses on fresh water values, ethics, and governance...Global Water Ethics is an important contribution to a growing set of ethical and governance reflections on water. There is much here that I recommend, even as there is more to be charted." - Christiana Zenner in Water Alternatives, 2019
"One wonders why the creation of a water ethics charter took such a long time, over four decades after the outset of the environmental ethics movement. It is about time for the general public to realize the seriousness of the ethical aspects of using and managing water resources for future generations. This book will be an addition to the existing literature on water resource management. It is recommended reading for all environmental managers, scientists and policy makers who care about the current and future shortage of water in society." - Govindasamy Agoramoorthy in Environmental Earth Sciences, 2017
ISBN: 9781138204294
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 612g
316 pages