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Informationen zum Autor Ramaswamy R Iyer is Honorary Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research! New Delhi. He served in the civil service for 34 years before retiring as Secretary! Ministry of Water Resources. Klappentext Towards Water Wisdom makes a fervent plea for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water. The author redefines the projected water crisis as one of mismanagement rather than scarcity! and calls for a more equitable! harmonious and sustainable management of the resource.Water-related conflicts are also discussed! including the Indus Treaty! the differences over Baglihar! the Cauvery and Ravi-Beas disputes! and rehabilitation problems in the Narmada Valley. The author questions the idea of property rights in water and argues that the fundamental or human right to water must take precedence over contractual and economic rights. The inadequacies of India`s water laws and policies are examined and a case made for a constitutional declaration on water and a national water law.Finally! the author widens the perspective and draws attention to a changing world that makes a change in our thinking imperative. Thought-provoking book, Quickly takes us through the various conflicts that have marked the use and misuse of water since Independence. Looks at the various demand-driven policies made by the governent for the management of water. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePreamble: Understanding WaterPART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE CRISISWater Crisis: The Mainstream ViewThe Water Scene in IndiaWater GovernanceThe Question of PoliticizationRe-Examining Past ThinkingThe Question of DemandCrisis or Crises?Crisis of UnderstandingApotheosis of Fallacy: ILR ProjectSupply-Side ConundrumPART TWO: UNDERSTANDING CONFLICTS: RIVER-WATER DISPUTESIndus Treaty: A Re-ExaminationDifferences over BagliharThe Cauvery Dispute: Continuing ImpasseThe Punjab ImbroglioRiver-Water Disputes: Some ReflectionsPART THREE: CONFLICTS OF OTHER KINDSNarmada: Abandoning the DisplacedProfit versus LifePrivatization! MarketsPART FOUR: MAKING SENSE OF LAWS AND POLICIESLegal Inadequacies and PerplexitiesPolicies: Muddled or Worse?Transforming the Laws: A Constitutional Declaration on Water?Transforming the Laws: A National Water Law?PART FIVE: TAKING NOTE OF OTHERS' THINKINGIssues and Concerns in the NeighbourhoodSome International Formulations: A CritiqueA Parenthesis on a Different ViewPART SIX: DRAWING THE THREADS TOGETHERSome Glimmers of HopeTowards Wisdom on WaterThe Larger Framework: New Thinking for a Changing WorldAppendicesReferences and Select BibliographyIndex ...
