TY  - GEN
AU  - Jairath, Jasveen
AU  - Ballabh, Vishwa
TI  - Droughts and integrated water resource management in South Asia: issues, alternatives and futures
SN  - 9788178298597
U1  - 363.34929 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd.                     
KW  - Droughts --South Asia
KW  - Droughts --Social aspects --South Asia
KW  - Droughts --Government policy --South Asia
KW  - Water-supply --Management --South Asia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia,  highlights that while available water supplies can be quantified,  it is not so with droughts. Droughts are variously experienced,  politically inspired,  socially constituted and arise essentially from the monopoly of available water. Countering technocratic and naturalistic treatments of droughts by mainstream professionals,  the contributors argue that the focus of redressal has to be on the political struggle for equitable sharing rather than the creation of large reservoirs that may again be monopolized by vested interests to generate continuous 'droughts'. The volume attempts to   Understand the concept of drought;  Map the diversity in drought situations across South Asia;  Identify responses to drought;  Outline viable options for more integrated approaches to drought policies and mitigation strategies; and  Initiate a process of dialogue on emerging drought issues.  Integrated water resources management acquires special meaning in the South Asian context,  where resolution of some of the most pressing water problems requires regional cooperation. The central concern is the livelihood perspective of drought,  the political economy of drought relief and dominance of supply-side approaches. This book aims to sensitize policy makers and practitioners to the need for initiating institutional changes for drought management in their respective countries.   (Source: http://www.sagepub.co.uk)
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