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1 online resource (279 pages) |
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Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management |
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Earthscan studies in water resource management.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Contextualising the Anthropocene: The cultures, practices and politics of water knowledge in Asia; Introduction; Epistemic frames and communities; Water knowledge in context; Case studies; Conclusion ; References; Chapter 2 'If over a hundred Becquerels is no good, then what does fifty Becquerels mean?': Governing fisheries and marine radiation in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident; 1 Introduction; 2 Context |
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3 Relationships -- who are the experts, and where are they located?4 Water -- limits to what can be known?; 5 Discussion -- epistemology in water governance; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Trans-disciplinary analysis of Australian-Indonesian monsoon epistemologies and their implications on climate change adaptation strategies; Introduction; Scales at which the Australian-Indonesian monsoon is observed; Analysis of key variables ; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4 An epistemological re-visioning of hybridity: Water/lands |
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Introducing wet theory Hybrid environments so far: Wading towards a wet theory of socio-natures; Bengal: The soft edges of a soaked land ; Colonial separation of land from rivers; Conclusion: Critical environmental studies reframing ideas of hybridity; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Science as friend or foe?: Development projects undermining farmer managed irrigation systems in Asia's high mountain valleys; Introduction ; Fragmented scientific knowledge, policy and practice; Farmer managed irrigation systems in Asia's mountain valleys; Irrigation projects to 'support' farming communities |
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How science is undermining farmer managed irrigation systemsConclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Competing epistemologies of community-based groundwater recharge in semi-arid north Rajasthan: Progress and lessons for groundwater-dependent areas; 1 Introduction; 2 Groundwater dependence in Rajasthan's Alwar district; 3 The Tarun Baharat Sangh programme of water management in Alwar Region ; 4 Review of outcomes in the Arvari catchment; 5 Economic outcomes; 6 A new epistemology of water in the Arvari catchment?; Acknowledgements; Notes; References |
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Chapter 7 Traditional knowledge and modernization of water: The story of a desert town Jaisalmer1 Introduction; 2 Modernization of infrastructure versus complexity of understanding water; 3 Introduction to Jaisalmer; 4 Applied interpretive approach as a methodology; 5 A collection of traditional knowledge around water; 6 How did the traditional knowledge of water create unique hard and soft spaces around water?; 7 Planning of the Indira Gandhi Canal project -- Who defines Jaisalmer's water problem? ; 8 Conclusion ; Acknowledgements; Notes; References ; Appendix: List of interviewees |
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Chapter 8 The hydro-ecological self and the community of water: Anupam Mishra and the epistemological foundation of water traditions in Rajasthan |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Stepan, Lea
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Hill, Joseph K. W
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| ISBN |
9781134863334 |
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1134863330 |
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