Indian Water Policy at the Crossroads: Resources, Technology and Reforms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Narain, Vishal (Editor), Narayanamoorthy, Annasamy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Global Issues in Water Policy, 16
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Water pollution.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Management.; Development Economics.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

This book reviews and analyzes emerging challenges in water policy, governance and institutions in India. Recent times have seen the contours of water policy shaped by new discourses and narratives; there has been a pluralization of the state and a changing balance of power among the actors who infl...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Towards a Discursive Analysis of Indian Water Policy
• 2. The Precept and Practice of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in India
• 3. Groundwater Depletion in India: Potential of Alternative Approaches and Policy Instruments
• 4. Drinking Water Supply in India: Context and Prospects
• 5. Gender and Water in India: A Review
• 6. Independent Regulatory Agencies in Water Sector in India: Debate and Discourse
• 7. River Linking Project: A Solution or Problem to India’s Water Woes?
• 8. Water Pollution: Extent, Impact, and Abatement
• 9. Regulatory Instruments and Demand Management of Water: Potential and Prospects
• 10. Water Rights and Entitlements in India
• 11. Water Saving Technology in India: Adoption and Impacts.