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Controlling the Water: Matching Technology and Institutions in Irrigation Management in India and Nepal Dik Roth
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Controlling the Water: Matching Technology and Institutions in Irrigation Management in India and Nepal
Dik Roth
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) |