Water conflicts and resistance : issues and challenges in South Asia

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    • Dutta, Venkatesh

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Water conflicts and resistance : issues and challenges in South Asia

edited by Venkatesh Dutta

(Social movements and transformative dissent / series editors, Savyasaachi and Ravi Kumar)

Routledge, 2022

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

1) This volume presents a comprehensive and systematic study of water conflicts across South Asia. 2) It not only brings narratives of water disputes but also looks at emerging challenges and effective policy measures. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of development studies and South Asian studies across world.

Table of Contents

1. Shared Water: Contest, Conflicts and Cooperation PART I: Transboundary Conflicts 2. Negotiated Resolution of Transboundary Disputes: A Function of Facts, Frames and Fairness 3. From Lukewarm to Meaningful: Understanding and Transforming Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Indian Subcontinent 4. 'Shared' Waterscapes: The Case of River Ravi in Indian and Pakistan Punjab 5. Transcending Boundaries for Sustainability in the Koshi Basin: Contestations and Cooperation 6. Environmental Justice for the Victims of the Koshi River Project: The Context and Elements of Transboundary Legal Response 7. Benefits and Burden: A Case Study of Gandak River Agreement PART II: Regional and Local Conflicts 8. Peri-urbanisation and Changing Water Flows: Competition, Conflicts and Cooperation 9. Disaster-Induced Water Conflicts and Gender: A Study of Floods in South Asia 10. Examining Inter-linkages between Water Scarcity and Human Security: A Case Study of Bundelkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh, India 11. Urban Rivers and Their Riverfronts: When Restoration Becomes Real Estate Projects 12. Conflict and Resistance over Water Reallocation: The Case of Surya Irrigation Project in Maharashtra

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  • NCID
    BC10996628
  • ISBN
    • 9780367367299
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Abingdon
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 285 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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