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Indian Water Policy at the Crossroads: Resources, Technology and Reforms

This book reviews and analyzes emerging challenges in water policy, governance and institutions in India. Recent times have seen the contours of water policy shaped by new discourses and narratives; there has been a pluralization of the state and a changing balance of power among the actors who infl...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Narain, Vishal (Éditeur intellectuel), Narayanamoorthy, Annasamy (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Édition:1st ed. 2016.
Collection:Global Issues in Water Policy, 16
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Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Introduction: Towards a Discursive Analysis of Indian Water Policy
  • 2. The Precept and Practice of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in India
  • 3. Groundwater Depletion in India: Potential of Alternative Approaches and Policy Instruments
  • 4. Drinking Water Supply in India: Context and Prospects
  • 5. Gender and Water in India: A Review
  • 6. Independent Regulatory Agencies in Water Sector in India: Debate and Discourse
  • 7. River Linking Project: A Solution or Problem to India's Water Woes?
  • 8. Water Pollution: Extent, Impact, and Abatement
  • 9. Regulatory Instruments and Demand Management of Water: Potential and Prospects
  • 10. Water Rights and Entitlements in India
  • 11. Water Saving Technology in India: Adoption and Impacts.