Governing Water in India Inequality, Reform, and the State

Intensifying droughts and competing pressures on water resources foreground water scarcity as an urgent concern of the global climate change crisis. In India, individual, industrial, and agricultural water demands exacerbate inequities of access and expose the failures of state governance to regulat...

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Main Author: Fernandes, Leela (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2022
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