Ethical issues in water use and sustainability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8360641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Armstrong (0000-0001-6299-4301), A C Armstrong (0000-0003-3816-3262, At Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-15 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Area (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00657.x |
| OpenAlex | W2026554368 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 5 |
The modern debate on water use and sustainability starts with the assumption that protecting the water environment is an ethical imperative, but rarely questions the basis for this viewpoint. This paper aims to identify some of the bases that could underlie such a position, seeking to locate value in the natural world beyond anthropocentric utilitarianism. Only when there is a clear basis for this discussion is it possible to discuss and resolve issues and conflicts that arise in the management of water: between present and future users, between human and non‐human users, or between competing human users. We then attempt to develop a ‘water ethic’, parallel to the famous ‘land ethic’ of Aldo Leopold, in which we see water as the centre of the web of life in the landscape. Protecting water, its quality and its availability, for all present and future users, is one touchstone for the evaluation of environmental action and policy
Action (physics) · Anthropocentrism · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural (archaeology) · Political science · Sociology · Sustainability · Utilitarianism · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Ecology · Engineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental Science · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |