Water ethics on a human-dominated planet: rationality, context and values in global governance

Schmidt, Jeremy J.; Peppard, Christiana Z.

doi:10.1002/wat2.1043

Water ethics on a human-dominated planet: rationality, context and values in global governance

Schmidt, Jeremy J.; Peppard, Christiana Z.

Authors

Dr Jeremy Schmidt jeremy.schmidt@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Christiana Z. Peppard

Abstract

A discourse on water ethics has emerged as a field linking practical water demands, social practices, and hydrological constraints to philosophic norms. The field arose parallel to growing, global understandings of the interconnected nature of water management and governance challenges. As such, it has been inflected with issues and contests across a range of policy concerns—from holistic and integrated water management to economics, justice, and human rights. The emerging water ethics discourse challenges both traditional environmental ethics and conventional approaches to resource management on issues of gender, power relations, and ecological concerns. It suggests an alternate, place-specific approach for linking shared water concerns to normative contests.

Citation

Schmidt, J. J., & Peppard, C. Z. (2014). Water ethics on a human-dominated planet: rationality, context and values in global governance. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 1(6), 533-547. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1043

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 26, 2014
Online Publication Date	Sep 15, 2014
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2014
Deposit Date	Jan 9, 2017
Publicly Available Date	May 15, 2017
Journal	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	1
Issue	6
Pages	533-547
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1043

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Schmidt, J. J. and Peppard, C. Z. (2014), Water ethics on a human-dominated planet: rationality, context and values in global governance. WIREs Water, 1(6): 533-547, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1043. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.