Rivers, technology, and society : learning the lessons of water management in Nepal / Dipak Gyawali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gyawali, Dipak.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Nepal.

Water resources development.

Nepal.

Physical Description:

xv, 281 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kathmandu : Himal Books ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

This is a superb demonstration of the complexity of development processes, and the gross inadequacy of taking a technocratic view (whether engineering or economic) which ignores social context, political institutions, and the interests of external actors.

Contents:

Introduction: A Different Water Journey 1

1 Contesting Hydropower Policy 29

2 High Dams for Asia: Neo-Gandhian Maoists vs Nehruvian Stalinists 45

3 Mahakali Treaty: What Next? 53

4 An Autopsy of Arun-3 66

5 Water Conflict in Southern Riparian Lands 87

6 Three Legged Water Science for Nepal 119

7 Troubled Politics of Himalayan Waters 136

8 Arun-3 Impasse: Is There an Escape from This Blind Alley? 148

9 When Does Falling Water Become a Natural Resource? 153

Water in Nepal

Interdisciplinary Water 169

Part I Water as a Physical Resource 173

Water Balance 175

Physiography, Climate and Precipitation 178

Drainage and Hydrology 186

Part II Water and The Social System 196

Social Philosophy 198

History and Water Resources 203

Water Resources Development and Nature of the State 209

Nepal's Economic Development 217

Nature of Demand for Water 224

Part III Evolutionary Pathways 236

1. Electricity Supply and Demand Scenario 33

2. Mahakali River and Nepal's Western Boundary 55

3. Order and Disjunctions in an uncontested Terrain 126

4. Three Legs for Stable Nepali Science 128

5. Nepali River and Ganga Basin 181

6. Physiographic Features 182

7. Physiographic Profile at 84-degree longitude 183

8. River Basins of Nepal 188

9. Nepal's River Basins and their Characteristics 189

10a. Karnali at Chisapani: Monthly Hydrograph 192

10b. West Rapti at Jalkundi: Monthly Hydrograph 193

11. Politics of Resource Management 210

12. Dynamics of Foreign Aid-Fuelled Dependency Cycle for Nepal 219

13. Land and Irrigation in Nepal 229

1. Land use Patterns in Nepal 184

2. Storage Potential in the River Basins of Nepal 194

3. Hydroelectric Potential in the River Basins of Nepal 226

A-1. Arun-3

Donors and Funding 244

A-2. Arun-3

Salient Parameters and Problems 247

A-3. Cost of Items for BEW Manufactured Cross-Flow Turbines 249

A-4. Representative Climatological Data 251

A-5. Observed Hydrological Data 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-274) and index.

ISBN:

1842772767

9993313114

OCLC:

50285377