Informing Water Policies in South Asia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415710596 ISBN 13: 9780415710596

Publisher: Routledge India, 2013

Synopsis

This book analyzes water policies in South Asia from the perspective of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). It seeks to address the problems of water scarcity, conflict and pollution resulting from the gross mismanagement and over-exploitation of this finite resource. Highlighting the need for IWRM in mitigating abuse and ensuring sustainable use, it discusses issues relating to groundwater management; inter-state water conflicts; peri-urban water use; local traditional water management practices; coordination between water users and uses; and water integration at the grassroots level.

With case studies from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal, the innovative, painstaking and transnational researches presented in the volume deal with questions of equity, gender, sustainability, and democratic governance in water policy interventions. It will interest researchers and students of development studies, environmental studies, natural resource management, water governance, and public administration, as also water sector professionals, policymakers, civil society activists and governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

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About the Author

Anjal Prakash is Executive Director, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad, India.

Chanda Gurung Goodrich is Principal Scientist, Empower Women, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India.

Sreoshi Singh is Research Fellow, SaciWATERs, and a doctoral candidate at the Center for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge India
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415710596
• ISBN 13: 9780415710596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Prakash Anjal, Goodrich Chanda Gurung, Singh Sreoshi