Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia : Issues, Alternatives and Futures

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	Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia : Issues, Alternatives and Futures
		Book Details Author: Jasveen Jairath & Vishwa Ballabh Year: 2008 ISBN: 9788178298597 [ Hardcover, 23 cm., pp. 380 ] [ Price: RS. 695.00, US$ 15.44 ]
	About the Book : Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia : Issues, Alternatives and Futures Droughts have formed an inseparable part of South Asian history and culture, with tragic consequences for a region that houses the greatest number of the world’s poor. However, this volume challenges the popular conception of drought, which is presented as an absolute shortage-scarcity with respect to an implicit understanding of the sufficiency of water. It highlights the fact that while available water supplies may be a given quantum, droughts are differentially experienced, politically inspired and socially constituted. It emphasises that the relative water scarcity needs to be appreciated, and argues that water scarcity means different things for diverse constituencies of water users. Policy prescriptions based on definitional premises will be flawed, as a misrepresentation of drought as merely water scarcity serves a political agenda. The editors and contributors of this volume critically evaluate the concept of drought, the way it is defined, its origin/derivation, and the purposes/interests it serves.