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Water security in peri-urban South Asia : adapting to climate change and urbanization / edited by Vishal Narain and Anjal Prakash.
LIBRA TD302.9 .W38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--South Asia.
- Water-supply.
- Water security--South Asia.
- Water security.
- Climate change mitigation--South Asia.
- Climate change mitigation.
- Urbanization--South Asia.
- Urbanization.
- South Asia.
- Ecology.
- Urbanization--Environmental aspects.
- Water-supply--Climatic factors.
- Klimaänderung.
- Stadt.
- Stadtumland.
- Verstädterung.
- Wasserversorgung.
- Local Subjects:
- Ecology.
- Urbanization--Environmental aspects.
- Water security.
- Water-supply--Climatic factors.
- Klimaänderung.
- Stadt.
- Stadtumland.
- Verstädterung.
- Wasserversorgung.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 314 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- This volume documents and analyses the experiences of the urban periphery in three developing nations - India, Nepal, and Bangladesh - in terms of water security and access, adaptation to climate change and urban expansion.
- Contents:
- 1 Urban Burden on Peri-urban Areas: Shared Use of a River in a Coastal City Vulnerable to Climate Change / M. Shah Alam Khan Khan, M. Shah Alam, M. Shahjahan Mondal Mondal, M. Shahjahan, Rezaur Rahman Rahman, Rezaur, Hamidul Huq Huq, Hamidul, Dilip Kumar Datta Datta, Dilip Kumar, Uthpal Kumar Kumar, Uthpal, Mohammad Rushed Jalal Jalal, Mohammad Rushed 33
- 2 Urbanization, Climate Change, and Water Security in Peri-urban Gurgaon, India / Vishal Narain Narain, Vishal, Pranay Ranjan Ranjan, Pranay, Sreoshi Singh Singh, Sreoshi, Aman Dewan Dewan, Aman 75
- 3 Expanding City, Shrinking Water Resources, and the Vulnerability of Communities Living on the Edge in Hyderabad, India / Sreoshi Singh Singh, Sreoshi, Anjal Prakash Prakash, Anjal 108
- 4 Growing Urbanization, Changing Climate, and Adaptation in Peri-urban Kathmandu: Emerging Shapes of Water and Livelihood Security / Rajesh Sada Sada, Rajesh, Ashutosh Shukla Shukla, Ashutosh, Anushiya Shrestha Shrestha, Anushiya, Lieke Anna Melsen Melsen, Lieke Anna 147
- 5 Gendered and Caste Spaces in Household Water Use: A Case of AJiabad Village in Peri-urban Hyderabad, India / Anjal Prakash Prakash, Anjal, Sreoshi Singh Singh, Sreoshi 187
- 6 Changing Environment, Changing Waters: An Analysis of Drinking Water Access of Vulnerable Groups in Peri-urban Sultanpur / Afke van der Wonde Wonde, Afke van der 208
- 7 Local Perception of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses of Peri-urban Residents in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal / Rajesh Sada Sada, Rajesh, Anushiya Shrestha Shrestha, Anushiya, Ashutosh Shukla Shukla, Ashutosh 233
- 8 Mapping Gains and Losses from the Mayur Ecosystem / Purnamita Dasgupta Dasgupta, Purnamita, Prosun K. Ghosh Ghosh, Prosun K., Rezaur Rahman Rahman, Rezaur, M. Shah Alam Khan Khan, M. Shah Alam 261.
- Notes:
- Contributed articles.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199464166
- 0199464162
- OCLC:
- 952398325
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