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oapen-20.500.12657-519712022-01-06T10:09:18Z Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia Narain, Vishal Roth, Dik Bangladesh, India and Nepal Climate Change Open Access Peri-urban Spaces Rural and Urban Areas Social-environmental Changes Urbanization in South Asia Water Conflict Water Flows Water Security bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPC Urban & municipal planning bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution & threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes, including the changing climate and its emerging impacts. It demonstrates how urbanization processes change water flows between rural and urban areas, the implications of this processes for the water security of peri-urban populations, and how new institutions and technologies develop to mediate the relationships between peri-urban communities and water. The book seeks to further the debate on peri-urban water security, including what constitutes the peri-urban, socially differentiated access to water in peri-urban spaces, interventions for improving water access, and emerging forms of cooperation and conflict related to water access in a context of urbanization and climate change. As such, this book is an interesting read for academics with various disciplinary backgrounds, professionals working in the worlds of national and international policy, NGOs, activist groups, research and development institutes, and individual readers interested in water security and urbanization. 2021-12-13T18:56:06Z 2021-12-13T18:56:06Z 2022 book ONIX_20211213_9783030790356_43 9783030790356 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51971 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-79035-6.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-79035-6 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-79035-6 10.1007/978-3-030-79035-6 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 98f9b070-8df6-45c2-9db1-8c0b8b3883ef Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 9783030790356 Dutch Research Council (NWO) Springer International Publishing 180 Bern [grantnumber unknown] Wageningen University open access
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This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes, including the changing climate and its emerging impacts. It demonstrates how urbanization processes change water flows between rural and urban areas, the implications of this processes for the water security of peri-urban populations, and how new institutions and technologies develop to mediate the relationships between peri-urban communities and water. The book seeks to further the debate on peri-urban water security, including what constitutes the peri-urban, socially differentiated access to water in peri-urban spaces, interventions for improving water access, and emerging forms of cooperation and conflict related to water access in a context of urbanization and climate change. As such, this book is an interesting read for academics with various disciplinary backgrounds, professionals working in the worlds of national and international policy, NGOs, activist groups, research and development institutes, and individual readers interested in water security and urbanization.
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