Location

DIGS 222

Discussant

Stephen Smith

Panel

Environmental Discourse, Exploitation, and Geo-Engineering of Water

Category

Policy and Politics

Start Date

6-11-2015 4:30 PM

End Date

6-11-2015 5:30 PM

Description

During the next 100 years, water-security will become increasingly important because there is a limited amount of water which is accessible on the planet. Out of the total amount of water, only 2.5% of it is freshwater, and thus safe for consumption, and of that only 0.4% is water found on the surface or in the atmosphere. This means that out of the million trillion gallons of water that are on the planet, only a small fraction of that in available for general consumption. While reports inform, and might offer solutions, they give little insight as to how create policy. A discourse analysis, drawn from the work of John Dryzek, conclusions about how to create a policy can be drawn. As the most defined, his categories of the Promethean, Survivalist, Administrative Rationalist, Democratic Pragmatist and Market Rationalist discourses offer the most insight.

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Nov 6th, 4:30 PM Nov 6th, 5:30 PM

Understanding Environmental Discourses Relating to Water Security

DIGS 222

During the next 100 years, water-security will become increasingly important because there is a limited amount of water which is accessible on the planet. Out of the total amount of water, only 2.5% of it is freshwater, and thus safe for consumption, and of that only 0.4% is water found on the surface or in the atmosphere. This means that out of the million trillion gallons of water that are on the planet, only a small fraction of that in available for general consumption. While reports inform, and might offer solutions, they give little insight as to how create policy. A discourse analysis, drawn from the work of John Dryzek, conclusions about how to create a policy can be drawn. As the most defined, his categories of the Promethean, Survivalist, Administrative Rationalist, Democratic Pragmatist and Market Rationalist discourses offer the most insight.