Peter G. (Hrsg.) Brown

Water Ethics

Foundational Readings for Students and Professionals

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The world's emerging water crisis has ignited efforts to reconnect policy to human values. According to the book, all approaches to managing water, no matter how grounded in empirical data, involve moral judgments and cultural assumptions. Each of the book's six sections discusses a different approach to thinking about the relationship between water and humanity, from utilitarianism to eco-feminism to religious beliefs. Contributors range from Bartholemew, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, to Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom and water policy expert Sandra Postel. Water Ethics willhelp readers understand how various moral perspectives h… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Schmidt, Jeremy J. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-59726-565-2
EAN: 9781597265652
Produktnummer: 6564469
Verlag: Island Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.9 cm x D1.8 cm 428 g
Gewicht: 428
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

Peter G. Brown is a Professor in the Departments of Geography, Natural Resource Sciences, and School of the Environment at McGill University. He is co-author of Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy. Jeremy J. Schmidt is a PhD Candidate and Trudeau Scholar in the Department of Geography at the University of Western Ontario.