Advocating Water Literacy

doi: 10.14456/mijet.2015.8

Authors

  • Yurina OTAKI Graduate School of Social Science, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 NAKA, Kunitachi, Tokyo
  • Osamu SAKURA Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo
  • Masahiro OTAKI Department of Human Environmental Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo

Keywords:

Water literacy, water system, sustainability, local environment

Abstract

Current water use in our daily life is by no means sustainable, and the environmental and social problems come to the surface. To improve the current situation and to develop sustainably both for human beings and the global environment, we have to think out a new paradigm. As the centerpiece of the new paradigm, we advocate the concept of water literacy. Water literacy was defined as the ability to feel familiar with water, get actively involved in water and face the issue of water as one’s own issue. Water literacy was divided into three categories: practical, living, and social water literacy. Water literacy enables us to re-evaluate local water systems and water usage. Furthermore, water literacy educates those citizens who are able to associate daily life with social issue, and contributes to the recovery of a variety of relations between water and humans.

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How to Cite

OTAKI, Y., SAKURA, O., & OTAKI, M. (2016). Advocating Water Literacy: doi: 10.14456/mijet.2015.8. Engineering Access, 1(1), 36–40. Retrieved from https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/mijet/article/view/10.14456.mijet.2015.8

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): January – June

Section

Research Papers