Just Add Water

Solving the World's Problems Using its Most Precious Resource

Rhett B. Larson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2020
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-094800-9 (ISBN)

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Scientists have long been searching for a unified field theory--one answer to all of the questions about the physical universe. In this book, Rhett Larson takes a similar approach to social policy questions. What if we could find a unified social policy theory--the answer to every question from how to prevent war to how to promote gender equality? Most of our most serious global challenges are complex, multi-faceted "wicked problems." But perhaps the first step in solving wicked problems as seemingly distinct as racism and disease epidemics is the same: reform our laws, policies, and priorities to achieve global water security. Global water security means reasonable access for all people to water of acceptable quantity and quality with acceptable costs and risks. Just as the essential element to all life is water, so water is the essential element to solving life's challenges. Virtually every major social challenge--including gender inequality, racial discrimination, terrorism, space exploration, global disease epidemics, mass migrations, and climate change--has a significant and underappreciated water component. Each chapter of this book takes up one of these wicked problems, illustrates the role water plays in that problem, and proposes reforms to address the water aspect of that problem, with the aim of achieving global water security. The goal of this this book is to convince the reader that the answer, or at least one part of the answer, to our most serious problems is the oft-repeated catchphrase: "Just add water."

Rhett B. Larson is the Richard Morrison Fellow of Water Law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. Water Security & Climate Change
Chapter 2. Water Security & Public Health
Chapter 3. Water Security & Human Rights
Chapter 4. Water Security & Racial Discrimination
Chapter 5. Water Security & Gender Inequality
Chapter 6. Water Security & Armed Conflict
Chapter 7. Water Security & Mass Migration
Chapter 8. Water Security & Technological Innovation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2020
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 155 mm
Gewicht	599 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-19-094800-0 / 0190948000
ISBN-13	978-0-19-094800-9 / 9780190948009
Zustand	Neuware