Water for Food and Rural Development: Approaches and Initiatives in South Asia - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 076199484X ISBN 13: 9780761994848

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns Pvt Ltd, 2000

Riassunto

This important book addresses two fundamental questions: First, what is the relation, in South Asia, between the development and use of water resources on the one hand, and food security and rural development on the other? Second, which innovative approaches and methodologies can help resolve the deadlock in water resources development and management?

This volume of 17 original essays presents views and experiences on these important questions from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The authors argue strongly for an integrated approach to water resource management which would make it part of the broader agenda of rural transformation. They cite concrete examples to show how a shift away from an exclusive focus on infrastructure development and increased production is possible in practice. All water-related interventions, they recommend, should be made conditional on the inclusion of strategies for sustainable biomass production; resource-rights and asset creation through generating employment (especially for the landless, the land-poor and women); equity in resource access and distribution; and principles of democratic planning and management.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Peter P Mollinga is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development Studies (ZEF) in Bonn, Germany. Prior to this, he was Associate Professor at the Irrigation and Water Engineering group at Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. He is also Convener of SaciWATERs (South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies), Hyderabad, India. He has worked on irrigation management and reform, and more generally on the politics of water. He is presently involved in land and water management related research in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and India. His academic interest lies in the integration of natural and social science perspectives through the interdisciplinary study of water resources.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns Pvt Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 076199484X
• ISBN 13: 9780761994848
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 378
• Redattore: Mollinga Peter P.
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile