Groundwater Economics and Policy in South Asia [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinesh Kumar, M.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Elsevier, 2023.

Contents:

Front cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgment

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Changing character of groundwater debate in South Asia

1.2 Purpose and scope of the book

1.3 Contents of the book

References

Chapter 2 South Asia's groundwater: The resource characteristics, ownership regimes, and access

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Geohydrology, dynamic groundwater resources, and variations

2.2.1 India

2.2.2 Pakistan

2.2.3 Bangladesh

2.3 Arguments that shaped public policies in groundwater and agriculture in South Asia

2.4 Is access to groundwater equitable in South Asia?

2.4.1 India

2.4.2 Pakistan

2.4.3 Bangladesh

2.5 Impacts of public policies on the functioning of groundwater markets

2.6 Growth of well irrigation in South Asia: will it sustain?

2.7 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Application of the complex concept of groundwater over-exploitation

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Assessment of groundwater over-exploitation

3.2.1 Conceptual issues in defining over-exploitation

3.2.2 Definitions of groundwater over-exploitation

3.3 Review of existing methodologies for groundwater assessment

3.3.1 GEC-1984 criteria and methodology for assessing groundwater development

3.3.2 GEC-1997 criteria and methodology for assessing groundwater development

3.3.3 Deficiencies of GEC-84 and GEC-97

3.4 Are groundwater over-exploitation problems serious in India?

3.4.1 What do water level trends really mean?

3.4.2 How do we look at groundwater balance for assessing over-draft?

3.4.3 How do geological settings matter?

3.4.4 Integrating negative consequences of over-exploitation in assessing groundwater development

3.5 Summary and conclusion

Chapter 4 Comparing well irrigation with gravity irrigation

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Analyses, data type, and sources

4.3 Future of India's irrigation: canals or wells?

4.4 How far are surface irrigation systems inefficient?

4.5 Is recharging groundwater using local runoff viable in the arid and semi-arid regions?

4.6 Is the contribution of surface systems to India's irrigation declining?

4.7 Ground water quality problems

4.8 Conclusion and policy inferences

Chapter 5 Farm ponds and solar irrigation pumps: Economics and implications for groundwater management policy

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Maharashtra's farm ponds

5.2.1 Results from a field study

5.2.2 The concerns about farm pond construction

5.3 Solar irrigation pumps

5.3.1 The solar irrigation cooperatives of Gujarat

5.3.2 Misleading numbers

5.3.3 The logic behind subsidizing solar irrigation pumps

5.3.4 Unreal groundwater and energy savings

5.3.5 Summary

5.4 Concluding remarks

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Chapter 6 Large reservoirs for improving groundwater sustainability in over-exploited regions

Other Format:

Print version: Kumar, M. Dinesh Groundwater Economics and Policy in South Asia

ISBN:

9780443140129

044314012X

OCLC:

1393308248

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