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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Restricted for use by site license.