Water Security in India : Hope, Despair, and the Challenges of Human Development - Vandana Asthana

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Water Security in India

Hope, Despair, and the Challenges of Human Development

By: Vandana Asthana, A. C. Shukla

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Paperback | 18 December 2014 | Edition Number 1

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This unique survey analyzes the interconnections between water and human security in India and its region. In India, population growth, development, and modernization have brought water policy to the top of the agenda of national and local governments. Transboundary water sharing, dams, and projects to provide water have become strategic geopolitical tools. Water is a key issue in the India-Pakistan-Kashmir dispute, and has strained the relations between India and Bangladesh. If the availability of water may cause conflict, it is also essential for human development and environmental sustainability. Cooperation between states is needed to increase economic development, and the book argues that the importance of water for human security calls for the creation of a security community, that is: a stable political alliance, which will contribute to peace and development in the region, with India playing a key role in water leadership.

This comprehensive survey of a vital geopolitical issue of the 21st century in an emerging country will be invaluable to anyone studying Indian politics, Asian politics, environmental policy, and international law.

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An impressive addition to the growing body of literature reexamining the definition of "security" in the 21st century. Further distinguishing this work is the authors' thoughtful examination of water security as it applies to India-making this one of the first studies to do so.
David Lewis Feldman, Professor, Departments of Planning, Policy and Design and Political Science, University of California, Irvine, US

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