Why do many water management projects, begun with the best of
intentions, still fail? How is it that large infrastructural water
works often encounter opposition? Is it perhaps, among other
things, the lack of attention for the cultural context? These and
other intriguing questions are dealt with in this book. The
authors, having 20 years of experience on water and sanitation in
an international context, have investigated the relationship
between water and culture world-wide in order to find new keys to
successful and sustainable water management.
This book is based on extensive research and is intended to form
a cultural road towards new sustainable water management practices.
"Water: a way of life" takes the reader on a water journey through
time and across the world's continents. Along the way it explains
the past and present ways in which different cultures around the
world, both traditional and modern, view and manage water in
response to the distinct environment they inhabit. As beliefs and
values are at the heart of any culture, it also highlights the
views of the main world religions on water and its use. A better
understanding of cultural water beliefs and practices may lead to
new concepts for future sustainable water management - from flood
management to water supply, sanitation and irrigation
management.
The book will be useful to water professionals exporting
knowledge and technologies to foreign countries where the challenge
is to create sustainable solutions for water management by taking
into account local, cultural factors. It is also intended to
encourage world leaders, politicians and decision-makers
responsible for water management to use their power, knowledge and
influence to really make a change for the benefit of the people
they represent. In this way, water can become a source of
cooperation rather than a source of conflict.
The authors trust that this book, about water and culture,
intended for a truly international audience, will be a source of
inspiration.
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