M. Anwar Hossen

Water Policy and Governance in South Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Empowering Rural Communities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Hossen explores the effects of regional hydropolitics on water management, focusing on three large engineering projects, the Farakka Barrage built by India on the Ganges River, and the Ganges-Kobodak (GK) and Gorai River Restoration (GRR) Projects in Bangladesh. This analysis is based on his research into local knowledge and farming practices during a year of fieldwork in 2011-12, focus group discussions, in-depth case studies of four farming households and a survey in which 259 households participated. The arguments are applicable to the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin countries in South Asia but also to the river basins of other parts of the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134996964
• Artikelnr.: 49984135

Autorenporträt

M. Anwar Hossen (PhD, UBC, Canada) is Professor of Sociology at Dhaka University, Bangladesh.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgement
List of Acronyms
Glossary of Bengali Terms
Introduction
Organization of the Book
1. River Water, Power and Agricultural Community Livelihoods: The Ganges
Basin Context
2. The Ganges Dependent Area in Bangladesh
3. The Gorai River Restoration and the Ganges-Kobodak Projects
4. Agricultural Transformation at Chapra
5. Local Governments' Roles to Protect the Marginalized Communities
6. Human Rights at Chapra
7. Political Resistance, Conflict and Social Movements
8. Water Governance at the Ganges Basin
Conclusion