Signs of Water Community Perspectives on Water, Responsibility, and Hope

• Other Authors: Boschman, Robert (Editor), Jakubec, Sonya L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Calgary University of Calgary Press 2022
• Series: Arts in Action 3
• Subjects: Conservation of the environment; The Earth: natural history general; Water; water rights; human rights; water pollution; rivers; oceans; lakes; ponds; rain; water systems; water access; politics of water; global water systems; future of water; climate security; water security; plant healing; race and water; Detroit; environmental justice; indigenous water access; water policy; public policy; water law; social inequality; cultural diversity; environmental degradation; community based natural resource management; sustainable water supply management; hydroelectric power; fish farming; watersheds; hydroscape
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Water is more important than ever before. It is increasingly controversial in direct proportion to its scarcity, demand, neglect, and commodification. There is no place on the planet where water is not, or will not be, of critical concern. Signs of Water brings together scholars and experts from five continents in an interdisciplinary exploration of the theoretical approaches, social and political issues, and anthropogenic hazards surrounding water in the twenty-first century. From the kitchen taps of Detroit, Michigan to the water-harvesting infrastructure of Tokyo, from the Upper Xingu Basin of Brazil to the Sunda Deep of the Java Trench, these essays flow through time and place to uncover the many issues surrounding water today. Asking key theoretical questions, exposing threats to vital water systems, and proposing paths forward, Signs of Water brims with histories, ontologies, and political struggles. Bringing together local experiences to tell a global story, it centers water as history, as politics, and as a human right.