Overview
- Highlights the current water scenario in India and a road map for management of the resource
- An effective guide for researchers, policy makers and stakeholders for the knowledge and ideas contained
- Provides well-researched insights into the underlying scientific principles and considerations towards attaining an equitable water resources regime
Part of the book series: Water Resources Development and Management (WRDM)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- India’s water policy
- Watershed treatment
- Hydrological planning
- Sustainable water resources
- Macro-water management
- Flood forecasting
- Basin-level modeling
- Energy security
- Hydropower development
- Groundwater depletion
- Water security
- water quality and water pollution
- water policy
- Climate change management
About this book
This book highlights the need for effective water governance in India given the fact that the country has been facing serious water stress in recent years. The water management in the country needs a serious scientific understanding coupled with the cooperative approach rather than a competitive one. It looks at current water regulations and underlines the need for overhaul of some laws to ensure that high water usage efficiency is attained, groundwater depletion is arrested and management of available resources is carried out in a disciplined manner. It also looks at the role of stakeholder engagement and pricing as a mechanism to manage demand in the wake of rapid population growth and industrialization.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Girish Chadha is a New Delhi-based business journalist-cum-entrepreneur. His engagement with water sector runs across several dimensions. He has written extensively on global water issues in leading foreign publications and is the Editor of India Water Review, a multi-media news platform on water in India. Girish also overlooks efficient water usage practice for a fast-growing global organic foods company with projects across several geographies.
Ashwin B Pandya is the Secretary-General of International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID). An M Tech in Structural Engineering from IIT-Delhi, Pandya has been a former Chairman of Central Water Commission. In his long distinguished career encompassing all aspects of water resources sector, Pandya has provided mentorship and led the large water resources engineering community towards a sustainable and rational development regime. Pandya has been engaged with several state governments, many countries and the World Bank in various capacities and is an advisor to the Indian Government on several flagship projects.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Governance and Management in India
Book Subtitle: Issues and Perspectives, Volume 1
Editors: Girish Chadha, Ashwin B. Pandya
Series Title: Water Resources Development and Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6400-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6399-3Published: 02 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6402-0Published: 28 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6400-6Published: 25 March 2019
Series ISSN: 1614-810X
Series E-ISSN: 2198-316X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 200
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Sustainable Development, Hydrology/Water Resources, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Management