Rural Water Systems for Multiple Uses and Livelihood Security

Rural Water Systems for Multiple Uses and Livelihood Security covers the technological, institutional, and policy choices for building rural water supply systems that are sustainable from physical, economic, and ecological points-of-view in developing countries. While there is abundant theoretical discourse on designing village water supply schemes as multiple use systems, there is too little understanding of the type of water needs in rural households, how they vary across socio-economic and climatic settings, the extent to which these needs are met by the existing single use water supply schemes, and what mechanisms exist to take care of unmet demands. The case studies presented in the book from different agro ecological regions quantify these benefits under different agro ecological settings, also examining the economic and environmental trade-offs in maximizing benefits. This book demonstrates how various physical and socio-economic processes alter the hydrology of tanks in rural settings, thereby affecting their performance, also including quantitative criteria that can be used to select tanks suitable for rehabilitation. Covers interdisciplinary topics deftly interwoven in the rural context of varying geo-climatic and socioeconomic situations of people in developing areasPresents methodologies for quantifying the multiple water use benefits from wetlands and case studies from different agro ecologies using these methodologies to help frame appropriate policiesProvides analysis of the climatic and socioeconomic factors responsible for changes in hydrology of multiple use wetlands in order to help target multiple use water bodies for rehabilitationIncludes implementable models for converting single use water supply systems into multiple use systems INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Water, Human Development and Economic Growth: International Perspectives 3. Multiple Water Needs of Rural Households: Studies from three Agro-ecologies in Maharashtra 4. Impact of Multiple Use Water Systems in Reducing Household Vulnerability to Water Supply Problems: Empirical Evidence 5. Sustainability Vs Local Management: Comparative Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes 6. Influence of Climate Variability on Performance of Local Water Bodies: Analysis of Performance of Tanks in Tamil Nadu 7. Groundwater Use and Decline in Tank Irrigation? Analysis from Andhra Pradesh 8. Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Variability: Forecasting Droughts in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra, Western India 9. Sustainable Models for Potable Water in Rural India: Analysis of Cases from Different Typologies 10. Positive Externalities of Surface Irrigation on Well Irrigation and Drinking Water Supplies Large Water Systems: The Case of Sardar Sarovar project 11. Re-imagining the future: sustained drinking water for all 12. Building Resilient Rural Water Systems under Uncertainties

• ISBN: 978-0-12-804132-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés