| Description |
1 online resource (474 p.) |
| Series |
Global issues in water policy ; v.30 |
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Global issues in water policy ; v. 30.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editor and Contributors -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 1: Pakistan's Water: Changing the Narrative, Changing the Outcomes -- 1.1 Water-Pakistan's Lifeline -- 1.1.1 Old and New Challenges -- 1.1.2 The Global Scenario and How It Affects Pakistan -- 1.1.3 Pakistan's Water Economy Within a Pattern of Inequalities -- 1.2 Transformative Framework -- 1.2.1 Building Pride in Pakistan's Hydrology and Geography |
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1.2.2 Maintaining the Integrity of the Indus Basin -- 1.2.3 Understanding and Regulating Groundwater Use -- 1.2.4 Recognizing the Barani (Rainfed), Watershed, Desert and Coastal Areas Outside the Indus Basin -- 1.2.5 Rationalizing the Value of Water -- 1.2.6 Financing and Protecting the Water Value Chain -- 1.2.7 Building a National Investment Base for Water -- 1.2.8 Zoning to Improve Water and Crop Productivity -- 1.2.9 Instituting Circular Economy of Water in Urban Areas -- 1.2.10 Water Conservation -- 1.3 Entitlements Based on All Available Water |
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1.4 Building a Base for Science, Technology, and the Social Aspects of Water -- 1.5 Inducting Talented Young Women into the Water Sector -- 1.6 Demonstration of Leadership by the Government -- References -- Chapter 2: The Political Economy of Water -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 A Broad Overview of Pakistan's Political Economy of Water -- 2.1.1.1 The Politics of Narrative: Reducing Demand vs. Increasing Supply -- 2.1.1.2 Valuing Water -- 2.2 Demand Sectors -- 2.2.1 Irrigation and the Structure of the Economy -- 2.2.2 The Political Economy of Food Security |
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2.2.2.1 Agricultural Participation and Relations -- 2.2.2.2 Adapting Crops to Water Shortages and Saline Soils -- 2.2.2.3 The Price of Essential Commodities and Their Link to Water Allocation Policies -- 2.2.2.4 Dairy Cattle and Water Impacts -- 2.3 The Political Economy of Interprovincial Water-Sharing -- 2.3.1 Valuing Groundwater -- 2.4 A New-ish Consideration: The Overlapping of Water, Energy, and Climate Policy -- 2.4.1 Water Policy: Legal and Regulatory Considerations -- 2.5 The Political Economy of Urban Water Supply and Land Settlement -- 2.5.1 The Emerging Politics of Land Acquisition |
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2.5.2 An Emergent Positive Development-A Land Registry -- 2.6 Tentative Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Part II: Resource Stocktaking and Emphasis on Moving from Surface to Conjunctive Water Use -- Chapter 3: Water Resource Potential: Status and Overview -- 3.1 The History of Water-Centric Policies and Strategies in Pakistan -- 3.2 The Stock of Available Water Resources and Their Sectoral Uses -- 3.2.1 Historical Trends in Withdrawals (Surface and Groundwater) in the Indus Basin -- 3.2.2 Historical Trends: Per Capita Water Availability -- 3.2.3 Rainfall Stock in the Indus Basin |
| Summary |
The water policy issues are well- documented in a large set of reports and studies, completed over time showing that the policy prescription and its implementation has been weak in the past as this book reveals. The key reforms initiated were lost due to a lack of governments will and commitment and more so by pervasive political economy of water. Given this background, each chapter in the book follows a balanced approach in seeking and evaluating alternate solutions to water management issues, especially improvements in water governance and tackling new challenges emerging from the climate change in the short and long term. This approach underpins the importance of moving from the culture of piloting projects to actual implementation on an impact-oriented scale. The book would also highlight that most of the water solutions lie outside the water sector such as agriculture, population, economy, etc. Post COVID-19 policies are exploring new food-health nexus that calls for nature based solutions for our future agriculture growth. The book would show case pioneer work underway in Pakistan on how new policy discourse can reduce water use in agriculture without investing in expensive water technology and infrastructure, thus saving enough water for other competing purposes. |
| Notes |
3.2.4 Water Allocation in Different Sectors of the Indus Basin |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Pakistan -- Management
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Water-supply -- Management
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Pakistan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ahmad, Mahmood
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| ISBN |
9783031361319 |
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3031361318 |
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