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Groundwater economics and policy in South Asia /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dinesh Kumar, M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2023]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 -- References -- 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 
505 8 |a 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? 
505 8 |a 3.4.4 Integrating negative consequences of over-exploitation in assessing groundwater development -- 3.5 Summary and conclusion -- References -- 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 
505 8 |a 4.8 Conclusion and policy inferences -- References -- 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 
500 |a Chapter 6 Large reservoirs for improving groundwater sustainability in over-exploited regions. 
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