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- 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
Part of the book series: Global Challenges in Water Governance (GCWG)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Governance
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Knowledge
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Front Matter
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Outreach
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Kevin Grecksch
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Drought and Water Scarcity in the UK
Book Subtitle: Social Science Perspectives on Governance, Knowledge and Outreach
Authors: Kevin Grecksch
Series Title: Global Challenges in Water Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65578-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65577-8Published: 17 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65578-5Published: 16 February 2021
Series ISSN: 2946-3971
Series E-ISSN: 2946-398X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 124
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Human Geography, Geography, general, Environmental Management, Water, general