
Managing Water in River Basins
Hydrology, Economics and Institutions
Dinesh Kumar(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 29. July 2010
Book
Hardback
365 pages
978-0-19-806536-4 (ISBN)
Description
Managing water resources effectively, to provide maximum benefit to the eco-system of the subcontinent, is a prime concern of India today. Managing Water in River Basins provides an in-depth analysis of existing strategies of water management and highlights the gaps in economic use of the water of river basins. The author addresses the challenges in allocating water amongst states that share water from the same river basin. He explores the choices for augmenting supplies and managing demands of water allocation in river basins. He also examines in detail the scope of some of the widely known economic tools of water management and various institutional forms for operating these management strategies. The volume posits in great detail various alternative strategies for water management. In doing so it also looks at the opportunities for enhancing the productivity of water to boost the wealth-generating potential of the resource.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
This volume will interest environmentalists, water activists, NGOs, aid agencies, policymakers, and researchers in the water management sector.
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-806536-4 (9780198065364)
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E-Book
06/2010
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
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Person
M. Dinesh Kumar is Executive Director, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP), Hyderabad.
Content
LIST OF TABLES, LIST OF FIGURES, ABBREVIATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, PREFACE, ; 1. Discourse on Water Management in India; ; 2. The Changing Water Scenario of India; ; 3. Chasing a Mirage: Water Harvesting and Artificial Recharge to Solve Water Problems in Naturally Water-Scarce; ; 4. More Crop and Cash per Drop: Studies in Agricultural Water Productivity in Narmada River Basin; ; 5. Changing Water Use Hydrology: Issues of Trans-boundary Water Management; ; 6. Changing Surface water-Groundwater Interactions in Narmada River Basin: Issues in Trans-boundary Water Management; ; 7. Does Economic Value of Water in Agriculture Offer New Windows of Opportunity? ; 8. : Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture in Developing Economies: Identifying New Areas for Research; ; 9. Water Management Institutions and Policies for India; ; 10. Summary, Conclusions, and Policy Implications; Bibliography.