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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.
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.
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Water Ethics
continues to consolidate water ethics as a key dimension of
water-related decisions. The book introduces the idea that ethics
are an intrinsic dimension of any water policy, program, or
practice, and that understanding what ethics are being acted out in
water policies is fundamental to an understanding of water resource
management. Alongside updated references and the introduction of
discussion questions and recommended further reading, this new
edition discusses in depth three significant developments since the
publication of the first edition in 2013. The first is the growing
awareness of the climate crisis as an existential threat, and
associated concern about adaptive strategies for sustainable water
management and ways of using water management for climate
mitigation (e.g., practically through agricultural soil management
and conceptually through ethics awareness). Second, there has been
increased clarity among the religious community, Indigenous
leaders, and progressive academics that ethics needs to become an
arena for application and action (e.g., the Vatican encyclical
Laudato Si, protests at Standing Rock and Flint, Michigan, in the
US, and climate demonstrations worldwide). Thirdly, there have been
new normative water standards ranging from "water stewardship"
(industry initiative), water charters (Berlin) and the on-going
initiative to develop a global water ethics charter. Drawing on
case studies from countries including Australia, India, the
Philippines, South Africa, and the United States, this textbook is
essential reading for students of environmental ethics and water
governance and management.
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Water Ethics
continues to consolidate water ethics as a key dimension of
water-related decisions. The book introduces the idea that ethics
are an intrinsic dimension of any water policy, program, or
practice, and that understanding what ethics are being acted out in
water policies is fundamental to an understanding of water resource
management. Alongside updated references and the introduction of
discussion questions and recommended further reading, this new
edition discusses in depth three significant developments since the
publication of the first edition in 2013. The first is the growing
awareness of the climate crisis as an existential threat, and
associated concern about adaptive strategies for sustainable water
management and ways of using water management for climate
mitigation (e.g., practically through agricultural soil management
and conceptually through ethics awareness). Second, there has been
increased clarity among the religious community, Indigenous
leaders, and progressive academics that ethics needs to become an
arena for application and action (e.g., the Vatican encyclical
Laudato Si, protests at Standing Rock and Flint, Michigan, in the
US, and climate demonstrations worldwide). Thirdly, there have been
new normative water standards ranging from "water stewardship"
(industry initiative), water charters (Berlin) and the on-going
initiative to develop a global water ethics charter. Drawing on
case studies from countries including Australia, India, the
Philippines, South Africa, and the United States, this textbook is
essential reading for students of environmental ethics and water
governance and management.
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