GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE IN THE INDO-GANGETIC AND YELLOW RIVER BASINS by Aditi Mukherji (Editor), Karen G. Villholth (Editor), Bharat R. Sharma (Editor) ( 9780203874479 )

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Title:

GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE IN THE INDO-GANGETIC AND YELLOW RIVER BASINS
REALITIES AND CHALLENGES

By:

Aditi Mukherji (Editor), Karen G. Villholth (Editor), Bharat R. Sharma (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

0203874471

ISBN 13:

9780203874479

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

2 June, 2009

Series:

IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

Pages:

328

Synopsis:

One of the key features of agricultural development in the last five decades has been intensive groundwater use in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh) and in the Yellow River Basin (China). Groundwater irrigates almost 60% of the net irrigated area in South Asia and 70% in the north China plains. Groundwater use for agriculture is still increasing. Despite the growing significance of groundwater to agricultural growth, food security and rural livelihoods globally, and at the same time significant signs of limitations and constraints for further use, knowledge of the subject has remained limited. The subject includes the wider issues of socioeconomic impacts, political economy, groundwater institutions, access to other resources like energy and land, approaches to resource governance and management and specifically integrating evidence-based science into management decisions.This book addresses these information shortfalls and provides a consolidated and cross-disciplinary source of information and documentation of realities and challenges of contemporary agricultural groundwater use and management in poverty-prone areas of Asia. It draws on primary data collected in the course of an innovative, cross-coordinated and inter-disciplinary fieldwork programme, covering those regions in Asia that significantly depend on groundwater for agricultural livelihoods. This work is essential reading for hydrogeologists, socio-economists, agro-economists and water managers working in poor countries. Donors and implementers, both government and NGO, will also learn from the experiences described in this book.

Illustrations:

20 Halftones, black and white; 160 Tables, black and white; 20

Publication:

Imprint:

CRC Press Inc

Returns:

Non-returnable

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