Controlling the Water

Matching Technology and Institutions in Irrigation Management in India and Nepal
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-808292-7
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Irrigation has a long history and important developmental role in India and Nepal. Even then it is faced with critical challenges as new scarcities and environmental stresses emerge, for which understanding technology and institutional choices is vital. Through case studies conducted in these two countries, Controlling the Water explores the means of controlling water used in irrigation management, looking at the sources and technologies in practice, and the institutions evolving
around them.

This volume shows the range of irrigation technologies developed in different agro-ecological zones-large-scale public canal systems; small-scale farmer-managed canal systems; ponds and tank irrigation systems; and groundwater-based and conjunctive use settings, including micro-hydel systems developed alongside irrigation. It thus portrays not only the complexities of water environments and systems in irrigation, but also the diversities present in technological and institutional trajectories.
It also provides a synthesis of theoretical ideas and conceptual frameworks that have been used to study these dynamics of water control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roth, Dik

Vincent, Linden

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Wasserwirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Landwirtschaftliche Bewässerung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung

Über Autor(innen)

Dik Roth is Assistant Professor of the Rural Development Sociology Group, Social Sciences Department, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Linden Vincent is Professor of the Irrigation and Water Engineering Group, Environmental Sciences Department, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.