Inter-sectoral Water Allocation, Planning, and Management
Inter-sectoral Water Allocation, Planning, and Management

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780821344651

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Fundamental changes must take place in how water is allocated, planned, and managed if India's goals for continued economic growth and improved social and environmental conditions are to be met. India's needs are especially severe due to its rapidly developing water constraints, environmental problems, huge population, regional inequalities in water availability along with the federal administrative structure and rapid demographic and economic growth. The findings of 'Inter-Sectoral Water Allocation, Planning and Management' are that a comprehensive approach is needed in order to implement change. The book provides detailed recommendations in the areas of policy making, legislation and regulations, institutions, economic incentives, technology, and public information.

Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms
Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780821344606

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Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource in India. India faces an increasingly urgent situation with its finite and fragile water resources being stressed and depleted while various sectoral demands are growing rapidly. 'Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms' offers detailed solutions to this complex and important concern.

Integrated Water Resources Management: A Systems Perspective of Water Governance and Hydrological Conditions
Integrated Water Resources Management: A Systems Perspective of Water Governance and Hydrological Conditions

Author: Adey NIgatu Mersha

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-10-14

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1000481263

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This thesis presents analysis of the status of IWRM implementation along with the challenges with regards to policy and institutional measures as well as the required basin information and management instruments. The research entailed a detailed analysis of water resources systems based on a case study from the Awash River Basin in Ethiopia, covering the historical and present state of the challenges and gaps in policies, institutional arrangements and management instruments. The status quo of practical water management, implications of plausible management alternatives in terms of their impact to future water availability, demand fulfilment, patterns of use, and sustainability of the environment were examined. Moreover, the interlinkages and dynamics between key water dependent resources sectors, broadly categorized into water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) was explored to identify key tradeoffs and synergies. This was deliberated as to improving the synchronization of sectoral plans and resources management programs, thereby fast-tracking the coordination process in IWRM. Overall, the research provides a clearer understanding of the system-wide problems, structural challenges and possible future consequences regarding the management and sustainability of the entire water resource system. Ultimately the purpose is to set in motion new strategies and mechanisms to improve the implementation of the currently applied IWRM framework in the context of the SDGs.

Water Policy
Water Policy

Author: P. Howsam

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1996-09-19

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0203476743

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This book examines some of the successes and failures of actual implementation of modern water policy options in the light of the principles and concepts which have emerged from the Rio Earth Summit, the Dublin Statement and other international consensus. The book attempts to share real practical experience at all levels: local, regional, national and international, emphasising the co-operation between different professions and sectors that must take place to ensure adequate supplies of fresh water in future.

Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America
Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America

Author: Asit K. Biswas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1317989856

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It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been assumed explicitly to be "the" solution for managing the limited water resources of the world. Hundreds of millions of dollars have now been spent in promoting IWRM in developing countries. However, no serious and objective analysis has ever been undertaken as to whether IWRM has made water management more efficient and equitable in any region of the world than otherwise may have been the case. This pioneering analysis indicates that IWRM has not only been unsuccessful in Latin America, but also is highly unlikely to succeed in the future. The reasons and constraints for this failure are outlined. This book previously appeared as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

The Irrigation Sector
The Irrigation Sector

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780821344644

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India's irrigated agriculture sector has been basic to India's economic development and poverty alleviation. One of India's major achievements is its rapid expansion of irrigation and drainage infrastructure. However, the major emphasis on development has been achieved at a cost. The importance put on new construction has diverted attention away from the need to ensure the quality, productivity, and sustainability of the services. Further, a governmental subsidy based approach has been used and this has resulted in irrigation and drainage services which, while enabling significantly higher productivity than from non-irrigated lands, are well below their potential. 'The Irrigation Sector' discusses directions for future growth, the framework for reform, and the reform agenda.