From vagueness to precision: raising the volume on social issues for the water sector

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dc.contributor.authorGoldin, Jacqueline
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-14T09:30:02Z
dc.date.available2017-07-14T09:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe paper raises the volume on complex social issues that affect water management. The paper proposes Amartya Sen's capability approach (CA) as a suitable framework against which to consider these complex ideals. This is because the CA is attentive to issues of social justice and it addresses a range of intangible goods that contribute to human well-being which are critical if the gap between progressive ideas about water policy and their practical application is to be lessened. We isolate certain attributes within the CA and propose that these attributes are particularly relevant when considering ideas of social justice concerning water. We then conclude that a sharper focus on intangible social issues brings more precision to a water discourse that is all too often vague and fuzzy in its dealings with society.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Science
dc.identifier.citationGoldin, J. (2013). From vagueness to precision: raising the volume on social issues for the water sector. Water Policy, 15(2): 309-324en_US
dc.identifier.issn1366-7017
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org10.2166/wp.2012.211
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3082
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherIWA Publishingen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org10.2166/wp.2012.211
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCapability approachen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectHuman well-beingen_US
dc.subjectIntangible assetsen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.subjectWateren_US
dc.titleFrom vagueness to precision: raising the volume on social issues for the water sectoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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