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100 _aIyer, R. R.
245 0 _aTowards water wisdom: limits, justice, harmony/
_cR. R. Iyer
260 _aLos Angeles:
_bSAGE Publications,
_c2007.
300 _a270 p.
505 _aPART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE CRISIS Water crisis : the mainstream view -- The water scene in India -- Water governance -- The question of politicisation -- Re-examining past thinking -- The question of demand -- Crisis or crises? -- Crisis of understanding -- Apotheosis of fallacy : ILR project -- Supply-side conundrum -- PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING CONFLICTS: RIVER-WATER DISPUTES Indus treaty : a re-examination -- Differences over Baglihar -- The Cauvery dispute : continuing impasse -- The Punjab imbroglio -- River-water disputes : some reflections -- PART THREE: CONFLICTS OF OTHER KINDS Narmada: abandoning the displaced -- Profit versus life -- Privatization, markets -- PART FOUR: MAKING SENSE OF LAWS AND POLICIES Legal inadequacies and perplexities -- Policies : muddled or worse? -- Transforming the laws : a constitutional declaration on water? -- Transforming the laws : a national water law? -- PART FIVE: TAKING NOTE OF OTHERS' THINKING Issues and concerns in the neighbourhood -- Some international formulations : a critique -- A parenthesis on a different view -- PART SIX: DRAWING THE THREADS TOGETHER Some glimmers of hope -- Towards wisdom on water -- The larger framework : new thinking for a changing world
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