Governance of water [electronic resource] : institutional alternatives and political economy / edited by Vishwa Ballabh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ballabh, Vishwa, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Government policy--India.

Water-supply.

Water resources development--India.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Rates--India.

Groundwater--Economic aspects--India.

Groundwater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An oft-quoted, modern adage is that the next major global conflict will be over. water. In many areas of the world the present is already marked by an uneasy competition. among different water users and use sectors, often leading to conflicts. India. particularly stands on the brink of an uncertain future, its ever-growing population. putting pressure on its increasingly meagre water resources. Governance of Water: Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy. is a timely, relevant book that makes a case for reforming water governance. in India through not only re-orientating policy priori

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Governance of Water: Issues and Challenges; Water Governance, Politics, Policy; Misgovernance of Droughts in India; Gender Issues in Water Governance: Review of Challenges and Emerging Strategies; Pricing, Subsidies and Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation: Some Emerging Trends; Recovery of Irrigation User Cess and Governance of Canal Systems; Irrigation Water Pricing: Analytic of Competing Sources; Resource, Rules and Technology: Ethnography of Building a Water Users' Association

Crafting Institutions for Collective Action in Canal Irrigation: Can We Break the Deadlocks?Inter-state Water Disputes and the Governance Challenge; Groundwater Governance in Eastern India; Political Economy of Groundwater Governance in Gujarat: A Micro-level Analysis; Governing the Groundwater Economy: Comparative Analysis of National Institutions and Policies in South Asia, China and Mexico; Multi-stakeholder Participation, Collaborative Policy Making and Water Governance: The Need for a Normative Framework

Multi-stakeholders' Dialogue as an Approach Towards Sustainable Use of Groundwater: Some Experiences in the Palar River Basin, South IndiaThe New Institutional Economics of India's Water Policy; The Water Resources Policy Process in India: Centralisation, Polarisation and New Demands on Governance; About the Editor and Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-097-4

1-281-96553-7

9786611965532

81-7829-987-9

OCLC:

437087354