Enclosed Waters: Property Rights, Technology and Ecology in the Management of Water Resources in Palakkad, Kerala - Softcover

Krishnan, Jyothi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 812503692X ISBN 13: 9788125036920

Verlag: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Enclosed Waters looks into the social and ecological factors that have given rise to the persistent problem of water scarcity in the paddy-growing regions of Chittur taluk in Palakkad district, Kerala, South India. The book views water scarcity as an outcome of the existing unsustainable and inequitable mode of water resources management and distribution. It critiques the single-crop-focused irrigation and agricultural policies of the state since the 1960s to the neglect of local specificities. It studies the impact of supply oriented, large-scale canal projects and inter-basin transfers of water on the management of local water sources, primarily the ponds (kulams) of the area. Jyothi Krishnan observes how the current policy emphasis of the decentralization agenda of the state on local level water resources has approached the issue of sustainable water management.

The book further illustrates how the implementation of land reforms in the state has resulted in an inequitable distribution of rights to water. It also discusses how increasing private control over water abrogates public and common rights, resulting in both unsustainable and inequitable use and distribution. Reviewing the creation of public and private rights over a fluid and common pool resource such as water, Krishnan argues that issues of ecological sustainability should be central to the framing of property rights. She suggests that the recurring problem of water scarcity necessitates a thorough reconsideration of existing irrigation and agricultural policies as well as a rethinking on the formulation of the existing property rights over land and water.

Meticulously researched in the library and field, Krishnan s book aligns property rights, technology and ecology in fascinatingly thoughtful ways.

Contents:

List of tables List of figures List of maps List of boxes List of photos Preface Glossary Abbreviations

1. Introduction 2. Water and paddy A Window into Changing Land and Water Management Practices 3. Water for Irrigation The Missing Ecological Dimension 4. Property Regimes and Rights to the Use of Land and Water 5. Pockets of Scarcity Distributional Maladies in the Canal System 6. Floating Ownership Claims 7. An Outline for a Water Reform References

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Jyothi Krishnan is an Indian academic author whose work in earth sciences and development studies focuses on water resource management, property rights, and ecological sustainability in Kerala. Her most notable book is Enclosed Waters: Property Rights, Technology and Ecology in the Management of Water Resources in Palakkad, Kerala (2009, Orient Blackswan/Routledge).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 812503692X
• ISBN 13: 9788125036920
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 305
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