Drought and Water Scarcity in the UK
Social Science Perspectives on Governance, Knowledge and Outreach
Authors: Grecksch, Kevin
Free Preview- Provides a social science perspective on drought and water scarcity in the UK
- Focuses on power relationships between stakeholders and the creation and management of drought and water scarcity related knowledge
- Unpacks relevant drought and water scarcity issues in the UK over the past five years
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This book presents a social science perspective on drought and water scarcity in the UK. It puts forward a narrative of how different stakeholders manage drought and water scarcity, how they generate and manage knowledge and how power relationships between stakeholders shape drought and water scarcity management. The book begins with an analysis and critique of all water resources management plans produced by English and Welsh water supply companies for the period 2014-2019 and introduces a novel typology for drought management options. It then moves on to discuss the effect of drought and water scarcity on businesses and production processes as well as how knowledge about drought and water scarcity is generated, by whom and for what purpose. Ultimately the book argues for the urgent need to engage people in the UK about water issues and offers a novel perspective on how to communicate and engage with drought research.
- About the authors
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Kevin Grecksch is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, UK. He is a social scientist specialising in water governance and climate change adaptation. He holds a doctorate in Economics from Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-9
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UK Drought and Water Scarcity Management Options
Pages 13-42
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Drought and Business
Pages 43-62
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Drought and Drought Knowledge: The Example of Catfield Fen
Pages 65-90
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Public Engagement with Drought and Water Scarcity Research
Pages 93-114
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Drought and Water Scarcity in the UK
- Book Subtitle
- Social Science Perspectives on Governance, Knowledge and Outreach
- Authors
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- Kevin Grecksch
- Series Title
- Global Challenges in Water Governance
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-65578-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-65578-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-65577-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 124
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
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