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India's water futures : Emergent ideas and pathways / edited by K.J. Joy and S. Janakarajan. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents
Foreword by Sunita Narain
1. Introduction: India Water Futures: Emergent Ideas and Pathways
K. J. Joy and S. Janakarajan
2. Water Resource Development in India: Achievements, Shortcomings and Remedial Measures
A. Vaidyanathan
3. Managing River Basins: Re-Examining the Biophysical Basis
Veena Srinivasan and Sharachchandra Lele
4. Changing Land Use, Agrarian Context and Rural Transformation: Implications for Watershed Development
Abraham Samuel and K. J. Joy
5. Environmental Flows in the Indian Context: Prospects and Challenges
Latha Anantha and Neha Bhadbhade
6. Changing Water Use Practices of the Urban Middle Class in India: Insights from Metropolitan Calcutta
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
7. The Centralized Approach to Wastewater Management and Implications for Sanitation Governance: An Analysis of the Intent and Practice of the National Urban Sanitation Policy in India
Neelam Rana and N. C. Narayanan
8. Canal Irrigation Performance and Impacts: Applying Contingency Theory to Irrigation Management in India
Tushaar Shah
9. Out of Balance: Agricultural Growth and Groundwater Depletion in Two Backward States of India
P. S. Vijayshankar and Himanshu Kulkarni
10. Reducing Water for Agriculture for Improving Productivity: Adapting and Up-scaling Innovative Approaches
Biksham Gujja and Hajara Shaik
11. Gender and Water: Why We Need Alternatives to Alternative Discourses
Sumi Krishna and Seema Kulkarni
12. Inter-state Water Conflicts and Linguistic Identity in India: The Case of the Cauvery
Narendar Pani
13. Dams and Environmental Clearances: Learnings and Way Forward
Himanshu Thakkar
14. Rationale for Independent Regulatory Agency for Water in India: Reconceptualizing Credible Commitment
Sachin Warghade and Subodh Wagale
15. Reforming India's Water Sector: Which Way Forward?
Mihir Shah

ISBN: 9780367197148

LCCN: 2018048768

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water-supply--Management.--India
Water resources development--India.

LC Class. No.: TD303.A1 / I5635 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 330.910954 JOY