Global Water Ethics

1. Introduction: global water ethics - towards a water ethics charter Rafael Ziegler and David Groenfeldt 2. A brief history of efforts to articulate global water ethics Susan Lea Smith Part 1: Ethics and epistemology 3. What is water ethics and to what end do we study it? Lessons for the water ethics charter Simon Meisch 4. Beyond general principles: water ethics in a Deweyan perspective Martin Kowarsch 5. Incorporating ethics into water decision-making David Groenfeldt 6. Transcending water conflicts: an ethics of water cooperation Angela Kallhoff Part 2: Global water ethics, local cases and a diversity of perspectives 7. Safe, just and sufficient space: the planetary boundary for human water use in a more-than-human world Rafael Ziegler, Dieter Gerten and Petra Doll 8. The relevance of ethical factors in the pursuit of integrated water resources management Maite Aldaya, Pedro Martinez-Santos and Ramon Llamas 9. A hierarchy of water needs and their implications for allocation mechanisms Eran Feitelson 10. Reflections on water ethics and the human right to water in Khayelitsha, South Africa Lucy Rodina 11. An eco-centric water allocation across competing demands in an arid inland river basin of Northwest China Jie Liu and Xiang Huang 12. Water, virtue ethics and traditional ecological knowledge in Rajasthan: Anupam Mishra and the rediscovery of water traditions Ricki Levi and Daniel Mishori Part 3: Water ethics charters and charting water 13. I ya.axch'age? (Can you hear it?) or, marrying the water: a Tlingit and Tagish approach towards an ethical relationship with water Eleanor Hayman with Colleen James, Mark Wedge and David Katzeek 14. Developing an ecumenical framework for water justice Susan Lea Smith 15. Developing a global water ethics charter David Groenfeldt 16. The Berlin Water Charter: water ethics from an activist's viewpoint Dorothea Harlin 17. Water ethics and water stewardship: personal reflections Adrian Sym