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Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights

Jenkins, Willis; Rosa, Lorenzo; Schmidt, Jeremy; Band, Lawrence; Beltran-Peña, Areidy; Clarens, Andres; Doney, Scott; Emanuel, Ryan E; Glassie, Alison; Quinn, Julianne; Rulli, Maria Cristina; Shobe, William; Szeptycki, Leon; D'Odorico, Paolo

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Authors

Willis Jenkins

Lorenzo Rosa

Lawrence Band

Areidy Beltran-Peña

Andres Clarens

Scott Doney

Ryan E Emanuel

Alison Glassie

Julianne Quinn

Maria Cristina Rulli

William Shobe

Leon Szeptycki

Paolo D'Odorico



Abstract

Although a wide body of scholarly research recognizes multiple kinds of values for water, water security assessments typically employ just some of them. In the present article, we integrate value scenarios into a planetary water security model to incorporate multiple water-related social values and illustrate trade-offs among them. Specifically, we incorporate cultural values for environmental flows needed to sustain ecosystem function (rights of waters), the water requirements of a human right to food (rights to water), and the economic value of water to commercial enterprise (commercial water rights). Pairing quantitative hydrological modeling with qualitative systems of valuing, we suggest how to depict the available water for realizing various combinations of the values underlying those rights. We account for population growth and dietary choices associated with different socioeconomic pathways. This pluralist approach incorporates multiple kinds of values into a water security framework, to better recognize and work with diversity in cultural valuation of water.

Citation

Jenkins, W., Rosa, L., Schmidt, J., Band, L., Beltran-Peña, A., Clarens, A., …D'Odorico, P. (2021). Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights. Bioscience, 71(11), 1157-1170. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab088

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 23, 2021
Online Publication Date Sep 15, 2021
Publication Date 2021-11
Deposit Date Sep 16, 2021
Publicly Available Date Sep 15, 2022
Journal BioScience
Print ISSN 0006-3568
Electronic ISSN 1525-3244
Publisher American Institute of Biological Sciences
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 71
Issue 11
Pages 1157-1170
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab088

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in BioScience following peer review. The version of record Jenkins, Willis, Rosa, Lorenzo, Schmidt, Jeremy, Band, Lawrence, Beltran-Peña, Areidy, Clarens, Andres, Doney, Scott, Emanuel, Ryan E, Glassie, Alison, Quinn, Julianne, Rulli, Maria Cristina, Shobe, William, Szeptycki, Leon & D'Odorico, Paolo (2021). Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights. BioScience 71(11): 1157-1170 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab088.





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