Zusammenfassung
Der folgende Beitrag widmet sich der berüchtigten Wasserversorgungskrise in Kapstadt 2018. Nach einem kursorischen Rückblick auf die historische Entwicklung der Wasserversorgung seit der ersten holländischen Siedlung am Kap der Guten Hoffnung wird zunächst das Ausmaß der Katastrophe beschrieben, dann deren Kommentierung in den Medien analysiert und die Rolle der an der Krisenplanung beteiligten Fachdisziplinen diskutiert. Schließlich wird die Zukunftsplanung vorgestellt und danach gefragt, inwieweit die vorgeschlagenen Lösungen ethisch vertretbar sind. Daraus werden abschließend drei Thesen zum ethischen Verhalten von Ingenieuren in Krisensituationen abgeleitet.
Abstract
This article is dedicated to the notorious water supply crisis in Cape Town in 2018. After a short review of the historical development of the water supply since the first Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, the article first describes the extent of the disaster, then analyses the comments in the media and discusses the role of the disciplines involved in crisis planning. Furthermore, future planning is presented and the extent to which the proposed solutions are ethically justifiable is examined. Finally, three theses on the ethical behaviour of engineers in crisis situations are formulated.
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Genske, D.D., Hess-Lüttich, E.W. (2021). Tag Null am Kap der Guten Hoffnung. Eine Wasserkrise als technische Herausforderung und sozialethische Aufgabe. In: Breuer, U., Genske, D.D. (eds) Ethik in den Ingenieurwissenschaften. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29476-2_13
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