Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management
Abstract This paper examines the ethical issues of water environment in the context of river management in practical engineering and technological applications. In particular, three important issues are discussed in this paper referring to two actual engineering cases in ancient and modern China, th...
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| author | Jun Xia Ying Xue Pengjun Li Jiyun Song Gangsheng Wang Wenguang Luo |
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| description | Abstract This paper examines the ethical issues of water environment in the context of river management in practical engineering and technological applications. In particular, three important issues are discussed in this paper referring to two actual engineering cases in ancient and modern China, that is, the construction of ancient Dujiangyan irrigation project in Sichuan, China, and the modern practice of integrated operation of flood control and pollution prevention in Huai River Basin. The three issues include how to consider the trade‐offs between flood control and irrigation, how to balance flood control and contamination prevention related to sudden water pollution incident, and how to ensure the protection of water environments and ecology in rivers under the grand challenges of natural environmental changes and high‐intensity human activities. Finally, this paper concludes by emphasizing the future development of water environmental ethics and its interdisciplinary integration with modern science & technology in smart river management in China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c87457f066447eb8cd82464f31ab1c32024-04-01T19:00:14ZengWiley-VCHRiver2750-48672024-02-01311710.1002/rvr2.74Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin managementJun Xia0Ying Xue1Pengjun Li2Jiyun Song3Gangsheng Wang4Wenguang Luo5State Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management; Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS) Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaKey Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Process, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management; Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS) Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management; Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS) Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management; Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS) Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management; Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS) Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaAbstract This paper examines the ethical issues of water environment in the context of river management in practical engineering and technological applications. In particular, three important issues are discussed in this paper referring to two actual engineering cases in ancient and modern China, that is, the construction of ancient Dujiangyan irrigation project in Sichuan, China, and the modern practice of integrated operation of flood control and pollution prevention in Huai River Basin. The three issues include how to consider the trade‐offs between flood control and irrigation, how to balance flood control and contamination prevention related to sudden water pollution incident, and how to ensure the protection of water environments and ecology in rivers under the grand challenges of natural environmental changes and high‐intensity human activities. Finally, this paper concludes by emphasizing the future development of water environmental ethics and its interdisciplinary integration with modern science & technology in smart river management in China.https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.74environmental ethicsinterdisciplinaryscience and technologysmart river management |
| spellingShingle | Jun Xia Ying Xue Pengjun Li Jiyun Song Gangsheng Wang Wenguang Luo Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management River environmental ethics interdisciplinary science and technology smart river management |
| title | Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management |
| title_full | Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management |
| title_fullStr | Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management |
| title_short | Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management |
| title_sort | opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinarity in river water environmental ethics and integrated river basin management |
| topic | environmental ethics interdisciplinary science and technology smart river management |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.74 |
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