Globalization has significantly redefined the nature of governance in the water sector. Non-state actors—multilateral and transnational donor agencies and corporations, non-government organizations, markets, and civil society at large—are assuming a bigger role in public policy-making for water resource management. New discourses on neoliberalism, integrated water resource management (IWRM), public–private partnerships, privatization, and gender equity have come to influence water governance.
Drawing upon detailed case studies from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan, this volume shows the implications of these new global paradigms for water allocation and management practices, institutions and governance structures in South Asia. It suggests that, despite claims to the contrary, they have done little to further human well-being, reduce gender disparity, or improve accountability and transparency in the system. Steering away from blueprint approaches, it argues for a more nuanced and contextual understanding of water management challenges, based on local knowledge and initiatives. This book will be useful to those interested in political economy and water governance, natural resource management, environmental studies, development studies, and public administration, as well as to water professionals, policy-makers and civil society activists.
List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Abbreviations.
Foreword Dipak Gyawali. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Globalization of
Governance: Transforming Water Management in South Asia Vishal Narain, Chanda
Gurung Goodrich, Jayati Chourey and Anjal Prakash Part I: IWRM, Well-being
and Gender
1. Gender, Water and Well-being Seema Kulkarni
2. Women, Water,
Caste and Gender: The Rhetoric of Reform in Indias Drinking Water Sector
Deepa Joshi
3. Demand-Driven Approach vis-a-vis Marginalized Communities: A
Situation Analysis Based on Participatory Approaches in Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation Programs in Sri Lanka N. I. Wickremasinghe
4. IWRM, Well-being
and Gender: A Perspective from Bhutan Gongsar Karma Chhopel Part II: State,
Markets and Civil Society: Changing Configurations in Water Management
5.
Changing Configurations around the State in Water Resource Management in
Relation to Multiple Stakeholders Participation in South Asia: Possibilities
and Challenges E. R. N Gunawardena
6. Resource Management at Local Level:
"Platform" Approach for Integration Dhruba Raj Pant and Khem Raj Sharma
7.
Accessibility of Urban Poor to Safe Water Supply: A Case of a Small Town
Water Supply Scheme in Nepal Prakash Gaudel
8. Small-scale Community Water
Supply System as an Alternative to Privatized Water Supply: An Experience
from Kathmandu Hari Krishna Shrestha
9. Need for Reforming the Reform:
Incompatibility and Usurpation of Water Sector Reforms in the Indian State of
Maharashtra Sachin Warghade and Subodh Wagle
10. Understanding Emerging
Independent Regulatory Frameworks: Lessons for Reforming Karnatakas Water
Governance Divya Badami Rao and Srinivas Badiger Part III: Urbanization and
Water: Emerging Conflicts, Responses and Challenges for Governance
11.
Urbanization and Water: A Conundrum and Source of Conflict? Vishal Narain
12.
Contextualizing RuralUrban Water Conflicts: Bio-physical and
Socio-institutional Issues of Domestic Water Scarcity Shrinivas Badiger,
Smitha Gopalakrishnan and Iswara Gouda Patil
13. UrbanRural Water Nexus: The
Case of Gujarat R. Parthasarathy and Soumini Raja
14. Water Management in
Rapidly Urbanizing Kathmandu Valley: Balancing Structural Linkages among
Water, Society and Settlement Bijaya Shreshtha and Sushmita Shrestha
15.
Private Water Tanker Operators in Kathmandu: Analysis of Water Services and
Regulatory Provisions Dibesh Shrestha and Ashutosh Shukla
16. Evaluation of
Institutional Arrangements for Governance of Rivers Surrounding Dhaka City M.
Shahjahan Mondal, Mashfiqus Salehin and Hamidul Huq
17. Sustainable Urban
Water Supply and Sanitation: A Case from Kandy, Sri Lanka Sunil Thrikawala,
E. R. N Gunawardena and L. H. P. Gunaratne. About the Editors. Notes on
Contributors. Index
Vishal Narain is Associate Professor, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India.
Chanda Gurung Goodrich is Principal Scientist, Empower Women, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India.
Jayati Chourey is Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India.
Anjal Prakash is Executive Director, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad, India.
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