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Water Policy Science and Politics

An Indian Perspective

  • 1st Edition - March 7, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Author: M. Dinesh Kumar
  • Language: English

Water Policy Science and Politics: An Indian Perspective presents the importance of politics and science working together in policymaking in the water sector. Many countries… Read more

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Description

Water Policy Science and Politics: An Indian Perspective presents the importance of politics and science working together in policymaking in the water sector. Many countries around the developed and developing world, including India, are experiencing major water scarcity problems that will undoubtedly increase with the impacts of climate change. This book discusses specific topics in India’s water, agriculture and energy sectors, focusing on scientific aspects, academic and political discourse, and policy issues. The author presents cases from the interrelated sectors of water resources, supplies, sanitation, and energy and climate, including controversial topics that illustrate how science and politics can work together.

Key features

  • Challenges the linear and conventional approaches to water management and water policymaking in India that are also applicable in developing countries across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Presents best practice ideas and methods that help science and politics work together
  • Highlights a key gap of communication between science and policy in water research, with solutions on how this can be addressed

Readership

Early to mid-career practitioners engaged in policy, planning and operational roles in all fields of water resource policy and management, and catchment management

Table of contents

1. Assessing the Importance of Water Infrastructure and Institutions for Water Security2. Why India Needs Large Water Resource Projects Involving Inter-basin Water Transfers3. Recent Droughts in India: Nature’s Fury or Poor Statecraft?4. A Critique of Mihir Shah Committee (2016) Report on Water Reforms in India5. Does Hard Evidence Matter in Policy Making? The Case of Climate Change and Changing Land Use6. Mission Kakatiya for Rejuvenating Tanks in Telangana: Making it a Mission Possible7. Irrigation Miracle in Madhya Pradesh: What has worked?8. Thanking 'Rainwater Harvesting' and Blaming the Rain God: The Case of Chennai Floods9. Adapting to Climate Variability and Reducing Carbon Emissions: Strategies that Work for India10. Canal Irrigation vs Well Irrigation: Comparing the Un-comparable11. Green Revolution vs ‘Dream Revolution’: Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Eastern India12. Deciding the Types of Interventions for Agricultural Development in different agro ecologies13. Impacts of Micro Irrigation Systems: Perception vs Reality14. Implications of Rising Demand for Dairy Products on Agricultural Water Use in India15. How Do We Promote Adoption of Improved Latrines in India? Findings of a Study from Rural Andhra Pradesh

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 7, 2018
  • Language: English

About the author

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M. Dinesh Kumar

Dr Dinesh Kumar is the Executive Director of the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy in Hyderabad, an Indian think-tank on water management founded by him in 2008. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (focus on water resources management) and a Ph. D in Water Management. He works on water, agriculture, and energy related issues in India and internationally, heading several research and consultancy projects and training assignments of the organization. He is the author of nearly 300 research publications, including nine academic books, nine edited volumes, and several international, peer-reviewed journal articles. He is on the editorial board of four prestigious international journals, Viz., Water Policy, International Journal of Water Resources Development, PLOS Water journal and Frontiers in Water. In a career spanning 30 years, Kumar has visited 21 countries, for conferences and official work.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, India

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