Introduction: Wading In -- The Politics of Water -- India's Water Resources, Major Water Conflicts and Water Policy Development -- Narmada: The Beginnings of the Dispute -- The Tribunal Goes to Work: The Politics of Inter-state River Water Dispute Resolution -- Opposition to Sardar Sarovar: The Rise of Human Rights and Environmental Protectionism -- 'Step Back and Consider Afresh': The World Bank Independent Review -- The Supreme Court Decides: The Judiciary, the Polity and the Resolution of the Narmada Dispute -- Alternatives and Complements to Sardar Sarovar: The Paradigm Shift in Indian Water Resource Management -- Conclusion: Understanding Water Resource Development Politics in India
Summary
This book is about the politics of water resource development and management in. India, with special reference to the Narmada river waters dispute. The author. draws on a wealth of studies on Narmada as also his own research to analyse the. controversy from the perspective of a political scientist. The author analyses three aspects of the conflict over developing the waters. of the Narmada:. - The politics of the inter-state river water dispute over Narmada waters in. the context of Indian centre-state and inter-state relationships and the constitutional. and legal mechanisms for resolving dis
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-273) and index
Notes
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Print version record
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
