Water Resources Policies in South Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Prakash, Anjal; Janakarajan, S.; Goodrich, C. G.; Singh, Sreoshi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the economic, demographic and ideological context in which water policies are framed and implemented in South Asia, and argues for adopting an integrated framework in water management. It further discusses the impact of climate change, new challenges to water policies and international experiences in water policy reforms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000084337
• Artikelnr.: 60580944

Autorenporträt

Anjal Prakash is Executive Director, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad, India. Sreoshi Singh is Research Fellow, SaciWATERs, and a doctoral candidate at the Center for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India. Chanda Gurung Goodrich is Principal Scientist, Empower Women, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India. S. Janakarajan is Professor of Economics, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai, India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Abbreviations.
Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction: An Agenda for Pluralistic and
Integrated Framework for Water Policies in South Asia Anjal Prakash,
Sreoshi Singh, Chanda Gurung Goodrich and S. Janakarajan Part I. Conceptual
Framework for Water Resources Policy 1. Interface between Water, Poverty
and Gender Empowerment: Revisiting Theories, Policies and Practices Amita
Shah and Seema Kulkarni 2. Seeing Women and Questioning Gender in Water
Management Margreet Zwarteveen 3. "Water Policies are Never Implemented,
but Negotiated:" Analyzing Integration of Policies Using a Bayesian Network
Saravanan V. Subramanian and David Ip Part II. Informing Water Resources
Policies: The South Asian Experience 4. Institutional Design Perspective,
Capacity Constraints and Participatory Irrigation Management in South Asia
Jayanath Ananda 5. Integrated Water Resources Management: From Policy to
Practice through a Comprehensive National Water Management Plan: A Case
Study of Bangladesh Sultan Ahmed 6. Watershed Management Policies and
Programs in Bhutan: Empowering the Powerless Thinley Gyamtsho 7. Scale,
Diverse Economies, and Ethnographies of the State: Concepts for Theorizing
Water Policy Priya Sangameswaran 8. Credit Conditionality and Strategic
Sabotage: The Tale of the First Decade of Pakistan's Irrigation Reform
Muhammad Mehmood Ul Hasan Part III. Water and Climate Change: Newer
Dimensions That Should Shape Water Policies 9. Hydro-Hazardscapes of South
Asia: Redefining Adaptation and Resilience to Global Climate Change
Daanish Mustafa 10. Climate Change and Groundwater: India's Opportunities
for Mitigation and Adaptation Tushaar Shah Part IV. International
Experiences of Water Reform 11.