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This book is a collection of chapters that examine critical issues and debates surrounding the governance and management of water resources in India. Recent
decades have seen several paradigmatic shifts in the management and governance of
water resources in the country. Focus has shifted from predominantly technical and
hydrological issues to emphasise the social, economic and managerial. New paradigms such as Integrated Water Resource Management have come to infl uence how
water is viewed as a resource with several dimensions, even as concerns are voiced
over the relevance of this paradigm and its operationalization in Indian – and South
Asian – contexts. Gender mainstreaming has acquired new emphases, though the
gap between rhetoric and practice has tended to persist. The debates on issues of
water rights, equity and justice have acquired new dimensions; the imperatives to
address these issues seem to have become stronger. Increasingly, water scholars have sought to explore the relationships between the technological, hydrological
and social dimensions of water management. |
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