Access and allocation in earth system governance: water and climate change compared

被引:55
作者
Gupta, Joyeeta [1 ,2 ]
Lebel, Louis [3 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Inst Environm Studies, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] UNESCO IHE Inst Water Educ, Delft, Netherlands
[3] Chiang Mai Univ, Unit Social & Environm Res, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand
关键词
Climate change; Distributive issues; Human rights; Social justice; Water governance; POLITICS; RESOURCES;
D O I
10.1007/s10784-010-9139-1
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
A significant percentage of the global population does not yet have access to safe drinking water, sufficient food or energy to live in dignity. There is a continuous struggle to allocate the earth's resources among users and uses. This article argues that distributional problems have two faces: access to basic resources or ecospace; and, the allocation of environmental resources, risks, burdens, and responsibilities for causing problems. Furthermore, addressing problems of access and allocation often requires access to social processes (science, movements and law). Analysts, however, have tended to take a narrow, disciplinary approach although an integrated conceptual approach may yield better answers. This article proposes a multi-disciplinary perspective to the problem of access and allocation and illustrates its application to water management and climate change.
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页码:377 / 395
页数:19
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