1st Edition

Water Conflicts in India A Million Revolts in the Making

476 Pages
by Routledge India

476 Pages
by Routledge India

476 Pages
by Routledge India

Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and mechanisms to govern the use of water resources. Based on the premise that understanding and documenting different types of water conflict cases in all their complexity would contribute to informed public debate and facilitate their resolution, Forum for Policy... Read more
Foreword A. Vaidyanathan  Introduction: 'A Million Revolts in the Making: Understanding Water Conflicts in India'  Part 1: Contending Water Uses: A Review  Part 2: Equity, Aceess and Allocations: A Review  Part 3: Water Quality Conflicts: A Review  Part 4: Mining Riparian Health: A Review  Part 5: Micro-Level Water Conflicts: A Review  Part 6: Dams and Displacement: A Review  Part 7: Transboundary Water Conflicts: A Review  Part 8: Privatisation: A Review.  About the Contributors

Biography

K. J. Joy is Director, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), an NGO based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Suhas Paranjape is also at SOPPECOM, Pune, India. 

Biksham Gujja is Policy Advisor of the Living Water Program at WWF-International, Gland, Switzerland, and Special Project Scientist at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India.

Vinod Goud is with the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, Hyderabad, and is Project Coordinator, WWF-ICRISAT Dialogue Project.

Shruti Vispute is also at SOPPECOM, Pune, India.