Water Policy and Governance in South Asia: Empowering Rural Communities

ISBN-13: 9781138367401 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 222 str.

M. Anwar Hossen

Opis

Dr. Hossen explores the effects of regional hydropolitics on water management, focusing on three large engineering projects, the Farakka Barrage built by India on the Ganges River, and the Ganges-Kobodak (GK) and Gorai River Restoration (GRR) Projects in Bangladesh.

Spis treści

Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgement
List of Acronyms
Glossary of Bengali Terms
Introduction
Organization of the Book
1. River Water, Power and Agricultural Community Livelihoods: The Ganges Basin Context 
2. The Ganges Dependent Area in Bangladesh
3. The Gorai River Restoration and the Ganges-Kobodak Projects
4. Agricultural Transformation at Chapra
5. Local Governments’ Roles to Protect the Marginalized Communities
6. Human Rights at Chapra
7. Political Resistance, Conflict and Social Movements
8. Water Governance at the Ganges Basin
Conclusion

O autorze

M. Anwar Hossen (PhD, UBC, Canada) is Professor of Sociology at Dhaka University, Bangladesh.