Groundwater Economics and Policy in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9780443140112 / Angielski

M. Dinesh Kumar

Spis treści

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Introduction

2. South Asia's Groundwater: The Resource Characteristics, Ownership Regimes and Access

3. Application of Complex Concept of Groundwater Over-exploitation

4. Comparing Well Irrigation and Gravity Irrigation

5. Farm Ponds and Solar Irrigation Pumps: Economics and Implications for Groundwater Management Policy

6. Large Reservoirs for Improving Groundwater Sustainability in Over-exploited Regions

7. Addressing Groundwater Management Issues in Semi-Arid Hard Rock Regions

8. Institutions and Policies for Sustainable Groundwater Management in Alluvial Areas of South Asia

9. Regulating Groundwater Use through Economic Incentives

10. Market Instruments and Institutions for Managing Groundwater in South Asia

11. Managing Groundwater in under-developed Regions: Policy Lessons from South Asia