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The definition of ‘theory’ is “a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained”. This book presents such a theory based on five foundational ideas using independent principles, and a basic law of nature in order to guide water management processes toward sustainability. Furthermore, the thought of developing a ‘theory’ for water use systems emerged when the author was reading the book of the late eminent scholar John Rawls entitled “A theory of Justice”. In this famous book, he advanced a theory based on three fundamental ideas; one of which (the Difference Principle) gave impetus to some of the important developments of this book. Crucially, the emergence of a universal aggregative indicator and an objective distributive approach for water use systems are significant outcomes of the theory, which served as the foundation.
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Haie, N. (2021). Theory. In: Transparent Water Management Theory. Water Resources Development and Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6284-6_3
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