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Author : Shri Krishan,S. Manjula
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Water-supply
ISBN : 8123016670
Author : John Briscoe,R. P. S. Malik
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123332897
This handbook focuses on major water policy issues in India, the challenges and the critical measures that need to be addressed. It traces the development of policies in water and their management and has contributions by India's leading water specialists.
Author : Madhukar Shripad Mate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015042792112
Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350130845
This important new study investigates the competing demand for water in the Bhavani and Noyyal River basins of south India from the early 19th century to the early 21st century from a historical perspective. In doing so, the book addresses several important questions: * Did policy-makers visualise the future demand while diverting water from distant places or other basins? * Was efficient use ensured when the water was diverted or was it diverted in a manner that resulted in pollution and serious damage to the entire river basin? * Were natural flows taken care of in order to preserve the ecology and environment? * What were the factors that aggravated the competing demand for water and what were the consequences for the future? In the context of the current discourse on the competing demands for water, this book takes the debate forward, expanding the horizon of environmental history in the process. Until now, agriculture, industry and domestic water supply and their consequences for ecology, the environment and livelihoods have been given scant attention. Velayutham Saravanan's comprehensive account of both the colonial and post-colonial periods corrects this shortcoming in the field's literature and gives a holistic understanding of the problem and its full historical roots.
Author : M. K. Durga Prasad
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House (India)
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Hydrogeology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924085805889
In India, the vast Inland water Resources are ill managed and improperly utilised. As such, the sustainable clean waters and their resources are becoming rare commodities! It is a fact that the optimal and sustainable utilisation of these waters and their resources require scientific and technical input from various disciplines. Hence, an attempt is made to gear up the valuable scientific information collected by the scientific personnel from all over India belonging to various disciplines such as Agriculture, Aquaculture, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering. Fisheries, Geography, Geology, Horticulture, Physics, Remote Sensing, Toxicology and Limnology. We hope the cluster of knowledge presented in these volumes will be useful to the reader.
Author : Sharad K. Jain,Pushpendra K. Agarwal,Vijay P. Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 940241309X
India is endowed with varied topographical features, such as high mountains, extensive plateaus, and wide plains traversed by mighty rivers. Divided into four sections this book provides a comprehensive overview of water resources of India. A detailed treatment of all major river basins is provided. This is followed by a discussion on major uses of water in India. Finally, the closing chapters discuss views on water management policy for India.
Author : Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy, Prof. E. Siva Nagi Reddy, Prof. K. Krishna Naik
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Volume XI: Contemporary History and Diaspora Studies containts 37 articles reflecting various aspects of Contemporary India and Diaspora social history contributed by scholars in different fields. The topics covered include, secularism, Girl Childs, entrepreneurship, education, Transgender, Weaver houses, relationship between sense and peace, Inheritance rights among Syrian Christians, Pradhan Mantri Jan – Dhan Yojana, social Mobility, Women rights and Rayalaseema as a state, Indian Diasporic Literature, Malaysian Telugu Identity, Telugu Diaspora, The Chettiar Community, Impact of Tamil on Mauritian Creole, Migration Dynamics, a Study of India’s Diaspora, M.K. Gandhi’s moulding Diasporic Views. etc. All the papers are well researched ones and add to our understanding of the Socio-Cultural aspects of Telugu, Tamil and Indian Diaspora in historical context. The volume serves as a source book for research scholars and teachers of Indian History, Diaspora, inter disciplinary studies and students alike and also a general reader. This volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy enjoys in the intellectual world. The felicitation Volume is brought out in a series of 12 independent books covering a total of 460 articles. Every volume contains two sections. The first section contains the biographical sketch of Prof.P.Chenna Reddy, his achievements and contribution to archaeology, history and Society.
Author : G. L. Asawa
Publisher : New Age International
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Groundwater
ISBN : 9788122416732
The Book Irrigation And Water Resources Engineering Deals With The Fundamental And General Aspects Of Irrigation And Water Resources Engineering And Includes Recent Developments In Hydraulic Engineering Related To Irrigation And Water Resources Engineering. Significant Inclusions In The Book Are A Chapter On Management (Including Operation, Maintenance, And Evaluation) Of Canal Irrigation In India, Detailed Environmental Aspects For Water Resource Projects, A Note On Interlinking Of Rivers In India, And Design Problems Of Hydraulic Structures Such As Guide Bunds, Settling Basins Etc.The First Chapter Of The Book Introduces Irrigation And Deals With The Need, Development And Environmental Aspects Of Irrigation In India. The Second Chapter On Hydrology Deals With Different Aspects Of Surface Water Resource. Soil-Water Relationships Have Been Dealt With In Chapter 3. Aspects Related To Ground Water Resource Have Been Discussed In Chapter 4. Canal Irrigation And Its Management Aspects Form The Subject Matter Of Chapters 5 And 6. Behaviour Of Alluvial Channels And Design Of Stable Channels Have Been Included In Chapters 7 And 8, Respectively. Concepts Of Surface And Subsurface Flows, As Applicable To Hydraulic Structures, Have Been Introduced In Chapter 9. Different Types Of Canal Structures Have Been Discussed In Chapters 10, 11, And 13. Chapter 12 Has Been Devoted To Rivers And River Training Methods. After Introducing Planning Aspects Of Water Resource Projects In Chapter 14, Embankment Dams, Gravity Dams And Spillways Have Been Dealt With, Respectively, In Chapters 15, 16 And 17.The Students Would Find Solved Examples (Including Design Problems) In The Text, And Unsolved Exercises And The List Of References Given At The End Of Each Chapter Useful.
Author : Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy,Prof. E. Siva Nagi Reddy,Prof. K. Krishna Naik
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Volume VII, Religion and Philosophy: A Religious and Philosophical study contains 35 articles contributed by expert scholars in Religious and Philosophical studies. The topics cover broadly on the Buddhist, Jain, and Hinduism. The topics covered include Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Literature, revival of Buddhism, Development of Jainism in South India, Advaita Vedanta, Saivism in medieval India, Saiva sects like Kalamukha, Bhakti Movement, Teachings of Narayana Guru and Muslim religious aspects of Kashmir.The volume serves as source book to the students, research scholars and teachers of Indian religious and philosophical studies in historical studies. This volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy enjoys in the intellectual world. The felicitation Volume is brought out in a series of 12 independent books covering a total of 460 articles. Every volume contains two sections. The first section contains the biographical sketch of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy, his achievements and contribution to archaeology, history and Society. The second section of each volume is subject specific.
Author : R.B. Mandal
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Water-supply
ISBN : 818069318X
Papers presented at the fifth BAG conference held at Bhagalpur during 18-19 October 2003.
Author : Vishal Narain,Annasamy Narayanamoorthy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319251844
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 influence the formulation of water policy. Discourses on gender mainstreaming and Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) are influential, though they have often remained rhetorical and difficult to put into practice. Debate over property rights reform and inter-linking of rivers has been polarized. At the same time, there has been a rising disenchantment with policy initiatives in participatory irrigation management, cleaning up of water bodies and pollution control. Fast depletion of groundwater resources and the importance of adopting new irrigation methods are getting increased focus in the recent policy dialogue. The contributors review current debate on these and other subjects shaping the governance of water resources, and take stock of new policy developments. The book examines the experience of policy implementation, and shows where important weaknesses still lie. The authors present a roadmap for the future, and discuss the potential of alternative approaches for tackling emerging challenges. A case is made for greater emphasis on a discursive analysis of water policy, to examine underlying policy processes. The contributors observe that the ongoing democratization of water governance, coupled with the multiplication of stresses on water, will create a more visible demand for platforms for negotiation, conflict resolution and dialogue across different categories of users and uses. Finally, the authors propose that future research should challenge implicit biases in water resources planning and address imbalances in the allocation of water from the perspectives of both equity and sustainability.
Author : Willem Willems,Henk Van Schaik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9088903867
Water is vital for life, and its availability has been a concern for mankind throughout the ages. Its presence has always been ascertained in a variety of ways and the development of human society everywhere is connected with various forms of water management. Man also needed to manage water to find protection from its dangers and the need for that is increasing. In the coming decades, the impact of climate change is expected to intensify floods and droughts, affect groundwater resources, raise sea levels, increase pollution and enhance the frequency and magnitude of disasters. Societies around the world are challenged to adapt to these threats to ensure water security, economic prosperity and environmental and cultural sustainability. This book deals with the heritage of water management and the use that was made of water, as well as the impact of water management on heritage. An example of the former may be an ancient irrigation system in the Filipines or in the Middle East that still functions today, while the latter may reflect the importance of maintaining groundwater levels for the preservation of organic remains on archaeological sites or of wooden piles underneath standing buildings. In either case the papers in this book reflect the dynamic nature of water, and hence the equally dynamic relation between water management and heritage. This publication follows up on a Heritage and Water conference in Amsterdam, the first of its kind. Its main purpose is to credibly present the importance and value of heritage and historical experience for water and sustainable development, and vice versa, present the importance of water management for the protection of heritage. It presents evolving insights and concepts about Water and about Heritage from a variety of disciplines, policy and public perspectives illustrated with cases studies and aims to connect decision makers with experts such as engineers, archaeologists, historians, geographers, ecologist and landscape architects
Author : Lin Crase,Vasant P. Gandhi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136573934
As water scarcities increase, nations throughout the world are in search of better institutions to manage water resources. India has been making substantial efforts to develop its water management systems since independence and significant increases in irrigated agriculture have taken place through both public and private initiatives. However, scarcities are increasing and major problems presently confront the management of water resources and irrigated agriculture. Resolving these problems is crucial for the future. The main purpose of this book is to provide a new approach for the analysis and design of water institutions that govern the use and development of water resources, particularly for agriculture which is the largest user. Drawing on the theory of New Institutional Economics and comparisons with Australia (as a developed country) and other less developed nations in Africa and Asia, the authors present original empirical data from three Indian states. Detailed analysis of these data is used to identify and recommend attributes and features of water management institutions that are conducive to effective resource management, its long-term success, and its best contribution to development.
Author : Vandana Asthana,A. C. Shukla
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441115119
Few people actively engaged in India's water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and management of water resources. Water resources in India have been subjected to tremendous pressures from increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, and modern agricultural methods. The inadequate access to clean drinking water, increase in water related disasters such as floods and droughts, vulnerability to climate change and competition for the resource amongst different sectors and the region poses immense pressures for sustainability of water systems and humanity. Water Security in India addresses these issues head on, analyzing the challenges that contemporary India faces if it is to create a water-secure world, and providing a hopeful, though guarded, road-map to a future in which India's life-giving and life-sustaining fresh water resources are safe, clean, plentiful, and available to all, secured for the people in a peaceful and ecologically sustainable manner.
Author : Ashish Pandey,S.K. Mishra,M.L. Kansal,R.D. Singh,V.P. Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030514273
This book chiefly focuses on environmental flow, water pollution and water quality. Several chapters also cover water treatment technologies and management. In today’s context, climate change and climate variability are important issues in the water sector, which is called upon to develop adaptation strategies to cope with their negative impacts. Human health depends upon the quality of water used for drinking and irrigation purposes. These core issues are discussed and addressed in several chapters. The book explores the impact of climate change on water resources and considers various climatological scenarios. In this regard, it carries out a trend analysis and compares the performance of various Global Climate Models (GCMs). Further, it conducts a water quality analysis and water quality mapping so as to provide information on the most vulnerable areas in the context of water quality. Emerging pollutants, generated from paper mills, are identified in order to choose an appropriate treatment technology. Bioremediation techniques are included for the characterization of improved water quality parameters. The book also presents a low-cost treatment technology for fluoride removal, which can help water managers ensure potable water to stakeholders. In terms of maintaining river ecology in the downstream areas of water resources project sites, the book provides a number of case studies on assessment of environmental flows. Advanced treatment technologies that can be highly advantageous for removing water pollutants are presented. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for academics, water resources practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, administrators, NGOs, researchers and students who are involved in water management with a main focus on water pollution, the environment, climate change and health.