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This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in
South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of
Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad,
Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book
looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a
context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes,
including the changing climate and its emerging impacts. It
demonstrates how urbanization processes change water flows between
rural and urban areas, the implications of this processes for the
water security of peri-urban populations, and how new institutions
and technologies develop to mediate the relationships between
peri-urban communities and water. The book seeks to further the
debate on peri-urban water security, including what constitutes the
peri-urban, socially differentiated access to water in peri-urban
spaces, interventions for improving water access, and emerging
forms of cooperation and conflict related to water access in a
context of urbanization and climate change. As such, this book is
an interesting read for academics with various disciplinary
backgrounds, professionals working in the worlds of national and
international policy, NGOs, activist groups, research and
development institutes, and individual readers interested in water
security and urbanization.
This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in
South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of
Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad,
Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book
looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a
context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes,
including the changing climate and its emerging impacts. It
demonstrates how urbanization processes change water flows between
rural and urban areas, the implications of this processes for the
water security of peri-urban populations, and how new institutions
and technologies develop to mediate the relationships between
peri-urban communities and water. The book seeks to further the
debate on peri-urban water security, including what constitutes the
peri-urban, socially differentiated access to water in peri-urban
spaces, interventions for improving water access, and emerging
forms of cooperation and conflict related to water access in a
context of urbanization and climate change. As such, this book is
an interesting read for academics with various disciplinary
backgrounds, professionals working in the worlds of national and
international policy, NGOs, activist groups, research and
development institutes, and individual readers interested in water
security and urbanization.
Water management plays an increasingly critical role in national
and international policy agendas. Growing scarcity, overuse, and
pollution, combined with burgeoning demand, have made
socio-political and economic conflicts almost unavoidable.
Proposals to address water shortages are usually based on two key
assumptions: (1) water is a commodity that can be bought and sold
and (2) ""states,"" or other centralized entities, should control
access to water. Liquid Relations criticizes these assumptions from
a socio-legal perspective. Eleven case studies examine laws,
distribution, and irrigation in regions around the world, including
the United States, Nepal, Indonesia, Chile, Ecuador, India, and
South Africa. In each case, problems are shown to be both
ecological and human-made-the locally specific outcomes of social,
political, and environmental histories. The essays also consider
the ways that gender, ethnicity, and class differences influence
water rights and control. In the concluding chapter, the editors
draw on the essays' findings to offer an alternative approach to
water rights and water governance issues. By showing how issues
like water scarcity and competition are embedded in specific
resource use and management histories, this volume highlights the
need for analyses and solutions that are context-specific rather
than universal.
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