Water

Binayak Ray

doi:10.5771/9780739130278

Summary

Water: The Looming Crisis in India analyzes the key issues in developing national freshwater policies for the mainland countries of the South Asian sub-continent. Ray suggests that freshwater policy must cover all aspects of physical environment and human life, by noting that food and drought management are parts of freshwater policy and acknowledging that water is a scarce natural resource and has economic value. He calls for the development of basin-wide policies to minimize conflicts within riparian countries, as well as a freshwater policy baseline to minimize internal conflicts on water sharing arrangements. By pointing out the need for full participation of all stakeholders in developing a baseline policy including people displaced by the construction of large dams, Ray suggests a new system in which riparian countries are guaranteed that no water-related project proceeds without a transparently developed environmental impact assessment and evaluation of alternative options.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-2601-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-3027-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 232
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Preface No access
5. Introduction No access
6. Abbreviations No access
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Appendix A No access Pages 165 - 170
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Appendix C No access Pages 175 - 188
References No access Pages 189 - 220
Further Reading No access Pages 221 - 224
Index No access Pages 225 - 230
About the Author No access Pages 231 - 232