Controlling the Water: Matching Technology and Institutions in Irrigation Management in India and Nepal - Dik Roth - Books - OUP India - 9780198082927 - March 14, 2013
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Controlling the Water: Matching Technology and Institutions in Irrigation Management in India and Nepal


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This book explores the means of controlling water for irrigation in India and Nepal. It looks at water sources and technologies in use and institutions evolving with them, and their adaptation under new policies and agrarian change. The various field studies conducted in India and Nepal document the complexities of water control in irrigation systems, and introduce concepts for their interdisciplinary analysis. The plurality of technological and institutional choicesof irrigators, engineers, and policymakers show their dynamism in meeting new water challenges.


400 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 14, 2013
Original release date 2012
ISBN13 9780198082927
Publishers OUP India
Pages 400
Dimensions 248 × 178 × 42 mm   ·   566 g
Editor Roth, Dik (, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Editor Vincent, Linden (, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands)

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