Water Conflicts and Resistance: Issues and Challenges in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9780367367299 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 286 str.

Venkatesh Dutta

Opis

This book examines transboundary, regional and local water conflicts and resistance across river basins in South Asia. It discusses land and natural resource rights; resettlement of dam-displaced people; urban–rural conflicts over water allocation; peri-urbanisation, land use conflicts and water security; and resilience against water conflicts.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Venkatesh Dutta is Professor at School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India, and a natural resource management specialist.