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Title: WATER RESOURCES POLICIES IN SOUTH ASIA
ANALYZING REGIONAL AND COUNTRY EXPERIENCES
By: Anjal Prakash (Editor), Sreoshi Singh (Editor), Chanda Gurung Goodrich (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £65.00


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ISBN 10: 0415811988
ISBN 13: 9780415811989
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 31 December, 2012
Pages: 354
Description: Papers presented at the International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia, organized by South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 17-20, 2008.
Synopsis: Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unregulated urbanization in South Asia have spawned a variety of challenges for water resources governance, management and use: groundwater overdraft; insufficient, ill-managed and poor-quality freshwater supply vis-a-vis escalating demand; and water pollution. Water policies in each of the South Asian countries thus call for a more holistic understanding for the efficient management, equitable distribution and sustainable use of this scarce resource. Analyzing the economic, demographic and ideological context in which water policies are framed and implemented, this book argues for an integrated framework in formulating and implementing water policies in South Asia.It also highlights some common missing links in the national policies: problems of techno-centric and blueprint approach to water management, growing influence of international donor agencies and inadequate concern for issues such as equity, sustainability, gender sensitivity, accountability, regional diversity in property rights regimes and water management practices, and regional conflicts over water access. The innovative and nuanced knowledge on water resources produced from detailed case studies in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be useful for professionals, academics, policymakers and activists as well as those in development studies, environmental studies, natural resource management and public administration.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge India
Returns: Returnable
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