Powell, Neil and Klocker Larsen, Rasmus and de Bruin, Annemarieke and Powell, Stina and Elrick-Barr, Carmen
(2017).
Water Security in Times of Climate Change and Intractability: Reconciling Conflict by Transforming Security Concerns into Equity Concerns.
Water. 9
, 934
[Research article]
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Abstract
This paper considers how to achieve equitable water governance and the flow-on effects it has in terms of supporting sustainable development, drawing on case studies from the international climate change adaptation and governance project (CADWAGO). Water governance, like many other global issues, is becoming increasingly intractable (wicked) with climate change and is, by the international community, being linked to instances of threats to human security, the war in the Sudanese Darfur and more recently the acts of terrorism perpetuated by ISIS. In this paper, we ask the question: how can situations characterized by water controversy (exacerbated by the uncertainties posed by climate change) be reconciled? The main argument is based on a critique of the way the water security discourse appropriates expert (normal) claims about human-biophysical relationships. When water challenges become increasingly securitized by the climate change discourse it becomes permissible to enact processes that legitimately transgress normative positions through post-normal actions. In contrast, the water equity discourse offers an alternative reading of wicked and post-normal water governance situations. We contend that by infusing norm critical considerations into the process of securitization, new sub-national constellations of agents will be empowered to enact changes; thereby bypassing vicious cycles of power brokering that characterize contemporary processes intended to address controversies.
Authors/Creators: | Powell, Neil and Klocker Larsen, Rasmus and de Bruin, Annemarieke and Powell, Stina and Elrick-Barr, Carmen | ||||||
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Title: | Water Security in Times of Climate Change and Intractability: Reconciling Conflict by Transforming Security Concerns into Equity Concerns | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Water | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2017 | ||||||
Volume: | 9 | ||||||
Article number: | 934 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI AG | ||||||
ISSN: | 2073-4441 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 105 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences > Climate Research | ||||||
Keywords: | water equity, water conflict, securitization, climate change, governance, wicked problems | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-93477 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-93477 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 24609 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 21 Jun 2021 14:55 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2021 15:01 |
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