Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management in South Asia
ISBN: 9780415693059 | 0415693055
Edition: 1stFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge India
Pub. Date: 3/23/2012
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This book provides an ecosystem perspective in addressing the water resource management issues in the South Asian region. It argues that aspects such as sources of water, its distribution and users; land “water interrelations; drivers of change such as laws, policies and institutions; management of issues and technologies related to water supply; institutional set-up; economic instruments such as pricing, taxes, subsidies; and economics of ecosystem services are crucial. Climate changes, melting of glaciers and polar ice caps, rising sea level and the increased frequency of extreme events, have to be factored into integrated management of water resources. This book addresses some of these major issues related to aquatic ecosystems and focuses on three major aspects: (a) concepts related to ecosystems, ecosystem services and their linkages with water; (b) human impacts on ecosystems, particularly the aquatic ecosystems, and their assessment; and (c) the management, including policy, governance and economics. Comprising new theories, research and case studies, the book will be useful those concerned with water resource management ” professionals, students and researchers.
| List of Tables | p. vii |
| List of Figures | p. xi |
| List of Maps | p. xiii |
| List of Boxes | p. xv |
| Foreword | p. xvii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xix |
| Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management: The Link and the Need for Integration | p. 1 |
| Freshwater Ecosystems: Ecological Characteristics and Ecosystem Services | p. 13 |
| Environmental Flow: Assessments a... MORE | p. 49 |
| Human Interventions on Water Ecosystem and Implications for Fisheries Resources in Bangladesh | p. 71 |
| Management of Water Quality and Biodiversity of the River Ganga | p. 104 |
| Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in South Asia with Special Reference to Bangladesh | p. 133 |
| Assessment of Environmental Impact of Development of Water Resources | p. 167 |
| An Integrated Fire and Water Management Strategy Using the Ecosystem Approach: Tram Chim National Park, Vietnam | p. 199 |
| Valuation of Ecosystem Damages: A Case Study of Textile Pollution in Noyyal River Basin, South India | p. 229 |
| Recent Changes in Policy, Institutions and Utilisation of Ecosystem Services in Colombo Wetlands | p. 254 |
| Roles of Institutions and their Limitations in Integrated Management of Water, Forest and Land Resources | p. 273 |
| Environmental Governance: Concept, Complexity and an Illustration | p. 302 |
| A Conceptual Framework for a National Policy on Financing Watershed Management in Sri Lanka | p. 338 |
| About the Editors | p. 365 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 367 |
| Index | p. 370 |
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E.R.N. Gunawardena is Professor, Agricultural Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Brij Gopal is Member, Board of Directors, International Society for River Science and Executive Vice President (Developing Countries), International Society of Limnology (SIL), New Delhi, India. Hemesiri Kotagama is Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resource Economic Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
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