Hydrology and Its Discontents Contemplations on the Innate Paradoxes of Water Research
This book examines the intricate web linking water science and society, using diverse philosophical lenses. Highlighting the tensions within the threads of this web, we spotlight major conceptual tightropes that water researchers tread daily. To effectively navigate these delicate threads, a 'h...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: The “water problem”
- Chapter 2: Tensions from the start: Tales of the first hydrologist and his civilization
- Chapter 3: Divide and ponder: Dismembering water to study water
- Chapter 4: Adopting a more fluid ‘frame of mind’ in Hydrology
- Chapter 5: Limits in language: Which ‘water’ do you mean?
- Chapter 6: Hydrology by the numbers and for the numbers
- Chapter 7: Are hydrologists wading through ideas, instead of water?
- Chapter 8: An “umbrella perspective” of water: The Hermeneutics of hydrology
- Chapter 9: When water bows to market demands, so may its science
- Chapter 10: Neocolonial Hydrology: How ‘authentic’ are today’s human-water interactions?
- Chapter 11: How a ‘hypermasculine’ hydrology suffers from ED (Explanatory Dysfunction)
- Chapter 12: A psychoanalysis of wet dreams
- Chapter 13: Plato’s wonder and hydrology
- Chapter 14: Epilogue: On responsibility and blame (and a toast to hydrology)