Values, Watersheds and Justification: On the handling of water in the urban landscapes of climate change

Bidragets oversatte titel: Værdier, vandopland og retfærddigørelse: Klimaænringer og håndtering af vand i urbane landskaber

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to articulate and present some arguments for the following main hypothesis concerning the handling of water (HOW) in the urban landscapes of our times of climate change. During industrialism water in urban areas to a very high degree was handled by ‘undergrounding’ it in systems of water provision, sewagesystems etc. Under conditions of climate
change this ‘undergrounding’ approach has shown its limitations. In extreme weather conditions water is ‘resurfacing’ which creates both problems and a new condition of HOW in urban landscapes. Problems of water cannot be ‘buried’ anymore; they also have to be handled at surface levels. This has two interconnected implications: firstly, watersheds gains new importance for HOW at surface-levels, and secondly, such surfacing of water problems leads to a rise in the potential levels of value-disputes and conflicts of interest concerning HOW. Together, this also hold potentials of achieving multiple benefits and action promoting resilience and liveability in urban landscapes. One way of approaching the value disputes is by asking if some conception of the common good in case of HOW can be justified at the same time as the plurality and diversity of values are recognised. Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot ́s concept of a plurality of regimes of justification -conflicting but also enabling compromise gives an affirmative answer to this question which is exemplified in the final parts of the paper.
Bidragets oversatte titelVærdier, vandopland og retfærddigørelse: Klimaænringer og håndtering af vand i urbane landskaber
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelArchitecture and Resilience on the Human Scale : Proceedings
Antal sider13
UdgivelsesstedSheffield
ForlagUniversity of Sheffield
Publikationsdato30 sep. 2015
Sider137-150
ISBN (Trykt)978-0-9929705-4-3
StatusUdgivet - 30 sep. 2015
BegivenhedArchitecture and resilience on a human scale - Sheffield School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Storbritannien
Varighed: 10 sep. 201512 sep. 2015

Konference

KonferenceArchitecture and resilience on a human scale
LokationSheffield School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield
Land/OmrådeStorbritannien
BySheffield
Periode10/09/201512/09/2015

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