Title:
River water sharing : transboundary conflict and cooperation in India
Publication Information:
New Delhi : Routledge, 2010
Physical Description:
xi, 192 p. : ill. 2 maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780415551557
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Summary
Summary
This volume provides a broad perspective of the water scenario in India by examining the various developments in the sector and the emerging alternative paradigms. It points out the inadequacies of the existing legal frameworks and institutional mechanisms to manage water efficiently.
Author Notes
N. Shantha Mohan, Sailen Routray and N. Sashikumar are at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables, Figure and Maps | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Section I Introduction | |
| 1 Locating Transboundary Water Sharing in India | p. 3 |
| 2 The Water Sector in India: An Overview | p. 23 |
| Section II Institutional Framework | |
| 3 Boundaries of Transboundary Water Sharing | p. 47 |
| 4 Resolving River Water Disputes in India: Reflections | p. 66 |
| 5 Regulatory Aspects in Water Resources Development and Management | p. 81 |
| Section III Historical and Technological Perspective | |
| 6 Kaveri in its Historical Setting | p. 99 |
| 7 The Cauvery Tribunal Award from a Hydrology Perspective | p. 108 |
| Section IV Negotiated Approaches and Alternative Paradigms | |
| 8 Evolvinga Negotiated Approach to Sharing of Transboundary Rivers | p. 121 |
| 9 Negotiation Through Social Dialogue: Insights from the Cauvery Dispute | p. 140 |
| 10 Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM): An Alternative Paradigm | p. 156 |
| About the Editors | p. 181 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 183 |
| Index | p. 187 |
