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Emerging water insecurity in India : lessons from an agriculturally advanced state /
This book investigates water development in India with a special focus on its most agriculturally advanced state, Punjab, as well as the global water scenario on a more general level. It explores and highlights the use and abuse of water, especially sub-soil water, in the agricultural, industrial an...
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Emerging water insecurity in India : |b lessons from an agriculturally advanced state / |c by Ranjit Singh Ghuman and Rajeeve Sharma. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Appendices; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Global Response to Water Scarcity; 1.3 Sector-Wise Water Requirement; Chapter Two; 2.1 Water Resources in India; 2.2 Irrigation and Flood Control in India; 2.3 State-wise Irrigation Potential and Groundwater Resources; 2.4 Rainfall and Weather in India; 2.5 Rising Population and Increasing Urbanisation in India; Chapter Three; 3.1 Water Availability in Punjab; 3.2 Average Annual Rainfall in Punjab; 3.3 District-wise Water Table in Punjab | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3.4 Extent of Ground Water Exploitation in PunjabChapter Four; 4.1 Land Use Pattern in Punjab; 4.2 Cropping Pattern in Punjab; 4.3 Irrigation Pattern in Punjab; 4.4 Green Revolution and the Number of Tube-Wells; 4.5 Increasing Consumption of Energy in Irrigation; 4.6 Green Revolution and Increasing Tractorisation; Chapter Five; 5.1 Operational Holdings; 5.2 Sources of Irrigation; 5.3. Harvesting and Conservation of Water; Chapter Six; 6.1 Small-Scale Industrial Units; 6.2 Medium and Large-Scale Industries; Chapter Seven; 7.1 Rural Water Usage Pattern; 7.2 Urban Water Usage Pattern | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter Eight8.1 Awareness Level of Water Consumers in the Agricultural Sector; 8.2 Awareness in the Industrial Sector; 8.3 Domestic Sector; Chapter Nine; 9.1. Constitutional Status of Water in India and Some Initiatives at the National Level; 9.2. Policy Response by Government of Punjab; 9.3 Resource Conservation Technologies and Innovations; 9.4 Micro-Irrigation in Punjab: The Ground Reality; 9.5 Diversification and Free Electricity to Farm Sector; Chapter Ten; 10.1 Summary; 10.2 Recommendations; Appendices; References | |
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