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1 online resource (474 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Million Revolts in the Making: Understanding Water Conflicts in India -- I CONTENDING WATER USES: A REVIEW -- 1. Choking the Largest Wetlands in South India: The Thanneermukkom Bund -- 2. Biodiversity Versus Irrigation : The Case of Keoladeo National Park -- 3. Politics, Water and Forests in the Himalayas: Crisis in the Gagas River Basin -- 4. The Ithai Barrage in Manipur: A Lake in Trouble -- 5. Rural Needs or Tourism: The Use of Groundwater in Goa |
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6. Social Undercurrents in a Gujarat Village: Irrigation for the Rich Versus Drinking Water for the Poor -- 7. Whose is the Chilika? Fishing in Troubled Waters -- 8. Bridge over the Brahmaputra: Unleashing Nature's Fury -- 9. Unequal Power, Unequal Contracts and Unexplained Resistance: The Case of the Peri-Urban Areas of Chennai -- 10. Rural Livelihoods, Urban Needs: Diversion of Water from the Ganga Canal -- II EQUITY, ACCESS AND ALLOCATIONS: A REVIEW -- 11. Water Users in the Bhavani River Basin in Tamil Nadu: Conflict among New and Old Ayacutdars |
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12. Rehabilitating the Keezhparikkalpet in Pondicherry: Bore-well Owners Give in to Farmers -- 13. Diverting Nar-Par-Damanganga to Tapi-Godavari: Linking Rivers or Lurking Conflicts? -- 14. The Collapse of Phad System in the Tapi Basin: A River Strains to Meet Farmers' Needs -- 15. Tembu Lift Irrigation in the Krishna River Basin: Conflict over Equitable Distribution of Water -- 16. Tail-End Discrimination in an Irrigation Project in Maharashtra: Quota Reductions for the Palkhed Left Bank Canal -- 17. Mahad to Mangaon: Eighty Years of Caste Discrimination: What Caste is Water? |
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18. A Dialogue Along the Jholapuri River, Coastal Gujarat: Addressing Water and Gender Conflicts through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships -- 19. Groundwater Irrigation in Northern Gujarat: Digging Deep for Answers -- 20. Problems at the Indira Gandhi Canal in Rajasthan: Conflict over Reduced Water Allocation -- III WATER QUALITY CONFLICTS: A REVIEW -- 21. A Toxic Hotspot on the River Periyar in Kerala: Corporate Crimes in God's Own Country -- 22. Bidding Farewell to Grasim: Lessons that Remain Unlearnt -- 23. Noyyal River Basin: Water, Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink |
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24. Conflict over Water Pollution in the Palar Basin: The Need for New Institutions -- 25. A Factory in a Paddy Field in Pondicherry: Is Berger Paints Polluting Pandasozhanallur? -- 26. The Arkavati Sub-Basin in Karnataka: Industrial Pollution Versus Rural Livelihood Systems -- 27. Pollution in Hootgalli Village, Mysore -- 28. Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary: Pollution Through Aqua Culture -- 29. Pollution of the Musi in Andhra Pradesh: River Metamorphoses into Drain -- 30. Water Turns to Sludge in Kolhapur: Villagers Ransack Industrial Unit |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Paranjape, Suhas
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Gujja, Biksham
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Goud, Vinod
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Vispute, Shruti
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| ISBN |
9781000084108 |
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1000084108 |
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