Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unregulated urbanization in South Asia have spawned a variety of challenges for water resources governance, management and use: groundwater overdraft; insufficient, ill-managed and poor-quality freshwater supply vis-a-vis escalating demand; and water pollution. Water policies in each of the South Asian countries thus call for a more holistic understanding for the efficient management, equitable distribution and sustainable use of this scarce...
Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unre...
This book attempts to gather innovative knowledge on water policies in South Asia, in a holistic, transnational and integrated framework, to address questions of equity, gender, sustainability and democratic governance.
This book attempts to gather innovative knowledge on water policies in South Asia, in a holistic, transnational and integrated framework, to address q...
