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Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia - Epistemologies, Practices and Locales (Hardcover)
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Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia - Epistemologies, Practices and Locales (Hardcover)
Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
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The dramatic transformation of our planet by human actions has been
heralded as the coming of the new epoch of the Anthropocene. Human
relations with water raise some of the most urgent questions in
this regard. The starting point of this book is that these changes
should not be seen as the result of monolithic actions of an
undifferentiated humanity, but as emerging from diverse ways of
relating to water in a variety of settings and knowledge systems.
With its large population and rapid demographic and socioeconomic
change, Asia provides an ideal context for examining how varied
forms of knowledge pertaining to water encounter and intermingle
with one another. While it is difficult to carry out comprehensive
research on water knowledge in Asia due to its linguistic,
political and cultural fragmentation, the topic nevertheless has
relevance across boundaries. By using a carefully chosen selection
of case studies in a variety of locations and across diverse
disciplines, the book demonstrates commonalities and differences in
everyday water practices around Asia while challenging both
romantic presumptions and Eurocentrism. Examples presented include
class differences in water use in the megacity of Delhi, India; the
impact of radiation on water practices in Fukushima, Japan; the
role of the King in hydraulic practices in Thailand, and ritual
irrigation in Bali, Indonesia.
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