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Informationen zum Autor M.R. Llamas is emeritus professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. Fellow of Spain's Royal Academy of Sciences (1986). Fellow of the European Academy of Science and Arts (2005). Dr. Llamas has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and another Ph.D. in Geology.He is author or co-author of nearly hundred books or monographs and about three hundred scientific papers. Director of a large research program! launched (1999-2003) by the Marcelino Botin Foundation! on the role of groundwater resources on water policy.Luis Martínez Cortina is Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (University of Cantabria! Spain). He has worked as a researcher of several European Union Research Projects! and also of the Groundwater Project! launched in 1999 by the Spanish Foundation Marcelino Botín (four years long)! and focussed on the role of groundwater resources on water policy. He is co-author of four books and monographs! and is the author or co-author of about 40 scientific articles. Currently! he is a full researcher of the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME).Aditi Mukherji is a researcher (social scientist) at International Water Management Institute (IWMI)! Colombo. IWMI is a CGIAR center dedicated to research on water! food and environment. Aditi obtained her PhD degree from the University of Cambridge! United Kingdom in 2007. She has written around 20 academic papers on social and economic aspects of groundwater irrigation in South Asia. She is currently working on groundwater issues in South Asia and Central Asia and also on transboundary issues Nile river basin in Africa. Klappentext Papers from the 3rd Marcelino Botin Foundation Water Workshop! June 12-14! 2007! Santander! Spain. Zusammenfassung Based on the 3rd Marcelino Botin Foundation Water Workshop, held in Santander, Spain, June 12-14, 2007, this book discusses the role of ethics in the deep roots, values, and the potential commonalities of the global water policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis PRESENTATION! by the Marcelino Botín Foundation.FOREWORD! by M. Ramón Llamas! Luis Martínez-Cortina & Aditi MukherjiKEYNOTE ADDRESS! by Ana PalacioI - SOME CULTURAL TRADITIONAL APPROACHES ON WATER ETHICS1. Water and Wisdom as Embodied in the Works of Thales of Miletus! by Alejo J. Sison2. Water and Conflict: Whose Ethics is to Prevail? by Dipak Gyawali3. Water Management Ethics in the Framework of Environmental and General Ethics: The Case of Islamic Water Ethics! by Magdy HefnyII - SOME ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NEW WATER MANAGEMENT4. Water Rights and Water Governance: A Cautionary Tale and the Case for Interdisciplinary Governance! by Charles Sampford5. Ethics and Uncertainty in Integrated Water Resources Management with Special Reference to Transboundary Issues! by Janusz Kindler6. Water and Ethics in Food Production and Provision - How to Ensure Water and Food Security and Equity into the 21st Century? by Karen G. VillholthIII - WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT AND AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE7. Water: A Human Right or an Economic Resource? by Luis Veiga da Cunha8. Water as a Human Right and as an Economic Resource: An Example From Mexico! by Luis E. Marín! Ricardo Sandoval! Fanny Tagle! Eva Sánchez & Víctor H. MartínezIV - WATER AND POVERTY: IS THERE A LINK?9. Poverty and the Ethics of Water Development! by Caroline A. Sullivan10. Monitoring Water Poverty: A Vision from Development Practitioners! by Alejandro Jiménez! Jorge Molinero! & Agustí Pérez-Foguet11. Water and the Twin Challenge of Feeding 3 Billion New People and Ending Rural Poverty! by Paul Polak & Stephanie FryV - ETHICS OF GROUNDWATER USE12. Specific Aspects of Groundwater Use in Water Ethics! by M. Ramón Llamas & Luis Martínez-Cortina13. Economics! Ethics and Politics of Groundwater: Evidence from West Bengal! India! by Aditi MukherjiVI - ETHICS OF WATER OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT14. Achieving Ethical Business Conduct in Public and Private Water Enterprises - Troublesome Challenge or Enhan...
