Water Rights and Human Rights: The Poor Will not Need Our Charity if We Need Their Water

Zetland, David

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“…In Islam, no distinction is made between humans and nature or between society and natural resources. In both religious systems, water is a gift from God to all people and all living organisms; sharing water is a blessed obligation (Salzman, 2005;Zetland, 2011).…”

Section: The Right Of Thirstmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In religious writings, the property status of water is revealed. Certain scholars purport that rules regarding the access to water preceded rules regarding land ownership (Zetland, 2011).…”

Section: The Right Of Thirstmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Water is an issue that primarily affects poor citizens in the developed and developing world, creating the social phenomenon of water poverty. For example, the 'water poor' citizens of France, the UK (WHO, 2014; Zetland, 2011), and Greece in the last 8 years, which has been affected by strict austerity measures, cannot afford to pay bills to water companies.…”

Section: Koumparoumentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Under the weight of the total social fact, this author seeks to document and analyse the nature of world voices that are proponents for the human right to water and water as a commons. Although the concepts of human rights and commons have been extensively analysed, a combination of these two concepts that considers social pressures and the demand for water has not been analysed in depth (Murthy, 2013;United Nations, 2013;Zetland, 2011). This study proposes that their amalgamation was established by the 'the right of thirst' in ancient times.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of the 'right of thirst' was first described in Jewish Law (Salzman, 2005;Zetland, 2011) and combines two contemporary principles: (i) water as a human right, where all humans have access to water and no individual can be denied water, and (ii) water as a commons, where a local community that depends on a body of water controls and regulates the access to water and its allocation. The 'right of thirst' could be considered a historical argument that emphasizes the role of local communities and specifies a demand for the (re-) municipalization of water, against neoliberal practices that favour the privatization of water.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Right of Thirst: Water as a Human Right and as a Commons

2018

Global NEST Journal

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<p>Water is not only a vital natural resource but is also a social symbol that makes it a ‘total social fact’. ‘Hydroschizophrenia’ is a term that characterizes the present condition of the status of water and reflects a disconnection between water and society. Liberal environmentalism considers the environment as an economic good. The privatization of water invokes a wide range of reactions, social movements and protests. The primary concepts that underlie the movement against the privatization are the human right to water and water as a commons. These concepts are traced to the idea of the ancient ‘right of thirst’.</p>

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Section: The Right Of Thirstmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In religious writings, the property status of water is revealed. Certain scholars purport that rules regarding the access to water preceded rules regarding land ownership (Zetland, 2011).…”

Section: The Right Of Thirstmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Koumparoumentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Right of Thirst: Water as a Human Right and as a Commons

2018

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Water for whom? Desalination and the cooptation of the environmental justice frame in Southern California

O’Neill

2022

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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The environmental justice frame is a key feature of successful grassroots mobilization against the uneven distribution of environmental problems. However, what happens when this discursive framework is questioned, that is, when features of its established definition are made to serve, rather than contest, industry? The article examines this dynamic through an ethnography of a high-volume desalination (potable ocean water) proposal. Findings indicate community groups and non-governmental organizations make normative environmental justice arguments about the high costs of desalination, community disruption, and industrial burden. By contrast, organized labor and public sector actors align with the private sector to promote desalination, using a competing series of arguments about local independence, regional responsibility, and employment. Disentangling these discourses, the author argues that claims in favor of desalination are a part of what this paper calls a cooptation of the environmental justice frame that ultimately facilitates community division in favor of a class bias for a luxury commodity. Interpreting this socio-ecological problem through a political economic lens, this research contributes to discussions about industrial infrastructure conceived within public–private partnership frameworks, calling scholars, activists, and decision-makers to attend to how environmental (in)justice politics can take on surprising meanings amid the expansion of financial capitalism.

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Anais do V Seminário Nacional do Mestrado Profissional em Rede Nacional em Gestão e Regulação de Recursos Hídricos - PROFÁGUA

2023

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A construção de um empreendimento de infraestrutura depende desde fatores socioeconômicos até climáticos na região da obra. O estado de Rondônia é reconhecido por apresentar chuvas abundantes no contexto amazônico ao qual está inserido. Esta pesquisa propõe determinar o Fator de Influência das Chuvas (FIC) no contexto de obras de infraestrutura em Rondônia. Para tanto será utilizada a Metodologia DNIT (2017), a qual estima esse fator a partir de dados relacionados à atividade, permeabilidade do solo, escoamento superficial e percentual médio de dias efetivamente paralisados em função das chuvas. Para obtenção dos dados pluviométricos, consideraram-se as séries históricas de seis estações pluviométricas no período compreendido entre 1999 e 2017. Atualmente, o FIC rondoniense considera somente três estações pluviométricas, tornando-se este estudo uma proposta de expansão para uso de mais dados na forma de estudo de caso. O FIC pode servir para projetos, planejamento do cronograma da execução dos serviços e no incremento orçamentário de obras de infraestrutura terrestres e aquaviárias. Esta pesquisa se alinha ao objetivo de desenvolvimento sustentável número nove da Agenda 2030 que discorre sobre ações e estudos voltados à indústria, a inovação e a infraestrutura.

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Water Rights and Human Rights: The Poor Will not Need Our Charity if We Need Their Water

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

The Right of Thirst: Water as a Human Right and as a Commons

The Right of Thirst: Water as a Human Right and as a Commons

Water for whom? Desalination and the cooptation of the environmental justice frame in Southern California

Anais do V Seminário Nacional do Mestrado Profissional em Rede Nacional em Gestão e Regulação de Recursos Hídricos - PROFÁGUA

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