Challenging the ecological economics of water: Social and political perspectives

Buchs, Arnaud; Calvo-Mendieta, Iratxe; Petit, Olivier; Roman, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107176

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“…The river corridor uniquely integrates these elements of the CZ, allowing for testing of fundamental CZ concepts including the transporter-transformer hypothesis (Kumar et al, 2018;Fazekas et al, 2021;Arora et al, 2022;Wymore et al, 2022), the feed-through reactor concept (Anderson et al, 2007), and characterizing the CZ as on open system of energy and mass fluxes that vary over space and time (Rasmussen et al, 2011). Furthermore, groundwater and surface water in river corridors are a single resource (Winter et al, 1998), providing services that should be economically valued and managed accordingly (Buchs et al, 2021). We have outlined four opportunities to study river corridors that will advance our predictive understanding, to the benefit of scientists and society.…”

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Viewing river corridors through the lens of critical zone science

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River corridors integrate the active channels, geomorphic floodplain and riparian areas, and hyporheic zone while receiving inputs from the uplands and groundwater and exchanging mass and energy with the atmosphere. Here, we trace the development of the contemporary understanding of river corridors from the perspectives of geomorphology, hydrology, ecology, and biogeochemistry. We then summarize contemporary models of the river corridor along multiple axes including dimensions of space and time, disturbance regimes, connectivity, hydrochemical exchange flows, and legacy effects of humans. We explore how river corridor science can be advanced with a critical zone framework by moving beyond a primary focus on discharge-based controls toward multi-factor models that identify dominant processes and thresholds that make predictions that serve society. We then identify opportunities to investigate relationships between large-scale spatial gradients and local-scale processes, embrace that riverine processes are temporally variable and interacting, acknowledge that river corridor processes and services do not respect disciplinary boundaries and increasingly need integrated multidisciplinary investigations, and explicitly integrate humans and their management actions as part of the river corridor. We intend our review to stimulate cross-disciplinary research while recognizing that river corridors occupy a unique position on the Earth's surface.

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“…For example, multimodel hydrological simulations could help quantify the uncertainty and enhance the robustness of water‐PB estimates, which could greatly guide sustainable economic development (Pincheira et al., 2021; Taherzadeh et al., 2021). In addition, proper policy needs to be formulated to address the challenges associated with translating and applying the water PB at various regional and local scales (Buchs et al., 2021).…”

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“…Therefore, future research should pay more attentions to this issue. Integration with established fields or concepts : The concept of the water PB is still at the developmental stage in terms of its theoretical basis, while its integration with other fields is weak. Future research could enhance the integration of the water PB with research topics in the fields of hydrology, remote sensing, trade (Taherzadeh et al., 2021), economics (Pincheira et al., 2021), sociology (Hossain et al., 2017), political science (Buchs et al., 2021), etc. For example, multimodel hydrological simulations could help quantify the uncertainty and enhance the robustness of water‐PB estimates, which could greatly guide sustainable economic development (Pincheira et al., 2021; Taherzadeh et al., 2021).…”

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Review of Quantitative Applications of the Concept of the Water Planetary Boundary at Different Spatial Scales

Han

Leng

2023

Water Resources Research

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With the advent of the Anthropocene (Lewis & Maslin, 2015), many critical Earth-system processes have been significantly impacted, thus placing the system at great risk of reaching a dangerous level (Steffen et al., 2018). The "planetary boundary" (PB) concept was proposed (Rockstrom et al., 2009a(Rockstrom et al., , 2009b to define a safe operating space for humanity without destabilizing critical planetary processes, with the Holocene baseline corresponding to the optimal planetary state (O'Neill et al., 2018). Specifically, nine PBs have been defined, and climate change and biodiversity integrity have been identified as two core PBs due to the significant impacts of these factors on the Earth system (Steffen et al., 2018). By emphasizing the urgency of taking appropriate actions to defend the Earth against the risks of crossing the "tipping point," PB research has had a considerable impact on global policy-making (Galaz et al., 2012).As an essential part of the PB framework, the water PB provides a global limitation to human manipulation of the water cycle (Rockstrom et al., 2009a). The initial determination of the water PB was made by Rockstrom et al. (2009a), who adopted a blue-water (i.e., water in aquifers, lakes, and dams) use magnitude of 4,000 (4,000-6,000) km 3 /yr as the water PB. A subsequent revision was made by Gerten et al. (2013), who proposed a blue-water use magnitude of 2,800 (1,100-4,500) km 3 /yr as the water PB. In the latest version of the PB framework (Steffen et al., 2015), proposed a two-level water PB, including a global-scale PB and a basin-scale PB. Recently, Gleeson, proposed a series of subboundaries to better examine the role of water-cycle modifications in Earth system resilience. Zipper et al. (2020) further explored how to integrate the water PB with water management from the local to global scales by harmonizing the quantification approaches of fair shares (top-down) and local safe operating spaces (bottom-up). In addition to the blue water-based PB, Wang-Erlandsson et al. (2022) attempted to quantify the water PB from the green water (i.e., terrestrial precipitation, evaporation, and soil moisture) perspective, and indicated a transgression of the green water PB.

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“…According to this perspective, markets can efficiently allocate resources if property rights are well-defined and transaction costs are low. However, the natural environment is often a common-pool resource, meaning it is owned by no one and therefore not subject to market pricing (Buchs et al , 2019). Mainstream economists argue that in order to internalize environmental costs, property rights must be assigned to individuals or groups who can then trade these rights in a market (Beder, 2011; Sagoff, 2007).…”

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Mainstream economics’ war with the environment: counter-critiques from heterodox economics and Islamic economics

Yilmaz,

Deymencioğlu,

Atas

et al. 2023

IJOES

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Purpose This study aims to present the perspectives of heterodox economics and Islamic economics on environmental economics, as an alternative to mainstream economics, which takes economic growth as its main objective and argues that environmental problems will largely disappear when economic growth is achieved. Design/methodology/approach In this study, there was no intention to conduct a detailed analysis of heterodox economic models and Islamic economics. Instead, the approaches to the “environment,” which can be considered as an urgent need of the planet, were evaluated, and the inadequate proposals of the mainstream economics’ environmental approach were theoretically criticized and heterodox economics and Islamic economics were proposed as an alternative model. Findings Heterodox and Islamic economics offer alternative models of development prioritizing social and ecological justice to address environmental problems, which is in contrast to mainstream economics’ narrow focus on market mechanisms and individual rationality. Thus, engaging in more dialogue in the context of the environment is inevitable for both schools, considering the vast geography inhabited by Muslims and the proposed heterodox economic policies, and moreover, these approaches are modeled for the first time. Originality/value This article presents a synthesis of Islamic economics and heterodox thinking in contrast to mainstream economic policy, highlighting their similarities and differences and providing a more comprehensive understanding of the complexities and potential solutions of environmental problems. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this approach has not been previously explored, making it an original contribution to the literature.

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Challenging the ecological economics of water: Social and political perspectives

Cited by 6 publications

References 80 publications

Viewing river corridors through the lens of critical zone science

Viewing river corridors through the lens of critical zone science

Review of Quantitative Applications of the Concept of the Water Planetary Boundary at Different Spatial Scales

Mainstream economics’ war with the environment: counter-critiques from heterodox economics and Islamic economics

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