Water Security Debates in ‘Safe’ Water Security Frameworks

Moving Beyond the Limits of Scarcity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12716664
AutoresCarmen Maganda (0000-0001-8479-1556, Instituto de Ecología, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen13
Número6
Páginas683-701
Fecha de publicación2016-02-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobalizations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14747731.2015.1133605
OpenAlexW2337042535
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

What relevance is there to discuss water security issues in cases where water availability and accessibility do not seem to be a problem? This is the main question that guides this article which searches for answers from official core water debates in upstream or ‘safe’ water access (or ‘water-rich’) countries. If a norm such as water security or the human right to water and sanitation is to be universally accepted, then it needs to be adopted by wealthy and powerful countries/regions that are water-rich, and it should guide policies in both their domestic and foreign policies. If these polities do not support this norm, then operationalization becomes a serious challenge and water security debates will keep reflecting power imbalances in global affairs. Empirically, this article examines current water management strategies in the European Union with specific focus on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Business · Economics · International trade · Market economy · Norm (philosophy · Operationalization · Political economy · Political science · Sanitation · Scarcity · Water resources · Water scarcity · Water security · Environmental Science · Law · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure