Groundwater Economics and Policy in South Asia [electronic resource].
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Elsevier, 2023.
- Contents:
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- 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
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- 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
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- OCLC:
- 1393308248
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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