2017 Rafael Ziegler and David Groenfeldt, selection and editorial material; individual chapters, the contributors. The right of the editors to be identified as the ...
Global Water Ethics
Towards a Global Ethics Charter
Edited by Rafael Ziegler and David Groenfeldt
First published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2017 Rafael Ziegler and David Groenfeldt, selection and editorial material; individual chapters, the contributors The right of the editors to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data [CIP data] ISBN: 978-1-138-20429-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-46969-0 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK
Contents
List of illustrations Preface Notes on contributors 1 Introduction: global water ethics: towards a water ethics charter
viii x xiii
1
RAFAEL ZIEGLER AND DAVID GROENFELDT
2 The historical and intellectual context of global water ethics
13
SUSAN LEA SMITH
PART I
Ethics and epistemology
35
3 What is water ethics and to what end do we study it? Lessons for the Water Ethics Charter
37
SIMON MEISCH
4 Beyond general principles: water ethics in a Deweyan perspective
57
MARTIN KOWARSCH
5 Incorporating ethics into water decision-making
75
DAVID GROENFELDT
6 Transcending water conflicts: an ethics of water cooperation ANGELA KALLHOFF
91
vi Contents PART II
Global water ethics, local cases and a diversity of perspectives
107
7 Safe, just and sufficient space: the planetary boundary for human water use in a more-than-human world
109
RAFAEL ZIEGLER, DIETER GERTEN AND PETRA DÖLL
8 The relevance of ethical factors in the pursuit of integrated water resources management
131
MAITE ALDAYA, PEDRO MARTÍNEZ-SANTOS AND RAMON LLAMAS
9 A hierarchy of water needs and their implications for allocation mechanisms
149
ERAN FEITELSON
10 Reflections on water ethics and the human right to water in Khayelitsha, South Africa
167
LUCY RODINA
11 An ecocentric water allocation across competing demands in an arid inland river basin of northwest China
183
JIE LIU AND XIANG HUANG
12 Water, virtue ethics and traditional ecological knowledge in Rajasthan: Anupam Mishra and the rediscovery of water traditions
197
RICKI LEVI AND DANIEL MISHORI
PART III
Water ethics charters and charting water
215
13 I yá.axch´age? (Can you hear it?), or, Héen Aawashaayi Shaawat (marrying the water): a Tlingit and Tagish approach towards an ethical relationship with water
217
ELEANOR HAYMAN WITH COLLEEN JAMES, MARK WEDGE AND DAVID KATZEEK
14 Developing an ecumenical framework for water justice
243
SUSAN LEA SMITH
15 Developing a global Water Ethics Charter DAVID GROENFELDT
255
Contents vii
16 The Berlin Water Charter: water ethics from an activist’s viewpoint
267
DOROTHEA HÄRLIN
17 Water ethics and water stewardship: personal reflections
281
ADRIAN SYM
Index
295
