Water Justice and Groundwater Subsidies in India - Equitable and Sustainable Access and Regulation

This book examines the impact of water-related subsidies on social, and distributive equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater access and regulation in India. Of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of water law and policy, environmental law, water and social justice, development studies and political ecology.

List of contents

1. Charting the Future for Effective Water Governance: Conceptualising Water Justice 2. Subsidies and Groundwater Access in India: From Assuring Water Security to Challenging Social Equity and Environmental Sustainability 3. Changing Role of the State in the Drinking Water Sector and the Subsidies: Case Study from Kerala 4. Subsidies, Groundwater Conservation and Equitable Access and Allocations: Case Study from Rajasthan 5. Subsidies and Realisation of the Fundamental Right to Water: Balancing Rights-Duties in Judicial and Executive Discourse 6. Articulating the Water Justice Approach in Groundwater Regulation: Balancing the Human Water Demands and Rights of Nature 7. Conclusion: Balancing Water for Human Rights and Ecosystems: Assuring Equity and Sustainability through Water Justice

About the author

Gayathri D. Naik is an assistant professor at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. She holds a PhD in Water Law and Policy from SOAS University of London, UK, on the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship.

Summary

This book examines the impact of water-related subsidies on social, and distributive equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater access and regulation in India. Of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of water law and policy, environmental law, water and social justice, development studies and political ecology.

Product details

• Authors: Gayathri D. Naik
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032659503
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265950-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, LAW / Public Utilities, India, Science / Environmental Science, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Environment law, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply, Water and wastewater law