Water Development and Poverty Reduction

✍ Scribed by İ H. Olcay Ünver, Rajiv K. Gupta, Ayşegül Kibaroğlu (auth.), İ. H. Olcay Ünver, Rajiv K. Gupta IAS, Ayşegül Kibaroğlu (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy 25
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the book's four Parts, the interdisciplinary approach to many issues contributes to the relationship between water and poverty.

Part I includes articles on the conceptual and methodological issues concerning poverty reduction through water resources development. It also offers analysis of quantitative measurements of poverty reduction, including some approaches for creating a Water Poverty Index. Part II considers the institutional frameworks for management of water and poverty reduction. Topics range from community-based decision making to international leadership. Part III encompasses discussions on participatory irrigation management and the privatization of urban water supplies and sewerage and the link to poverty. Case studies from India, Turkey, and Jordan make up Part IV. The studies present diverse water management and development practices for poverty reduction, including realistic pricing and effective irrigation practices, the use of water as an engine for sustainable development, small and large scale strategies for reducing the risks and uncertainties in water availability and food security, the economic value of improved water supplies, and the positive impact of small-scale development projects.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
A Participatory Framework for Poverty Eradication and Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Water Management....Pages 11-30
Access to Water as a Dimension of Poverty: The Need to Develop a Water Poverty Index as a Tool for Poverty Reduction....Pages 31-52
Impact Assessment as Viable Instrument for Poverty Reduction: Post-Hoc Review on Societal Impacts of Two Power Generation Projects....Pages 53-71
The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Undermining Water Development for Poverty Reduction....Pages 73-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Elements of an Institutional Framework for the Management of Water for Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries....Pages 87-110
A Proposal for International Virtual Water Trading Council: Building Institutional Frameworks at International Level to Reduce Poverty....Pages 111-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Poor Farmers’ Inclusion in Participatory Irrigation Management in Large-Scale Canal Systems in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, India....Pages 129-152
Necessity of Rationalization of Water Pricing With Participatory Irrigation Management in India As a Step for Poverty Reduction....Pages 153-173
Commercialization and Privatization of Urban Water and Sewerage Services In Turkey: Poverty Reduction View....Pages 175-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Dams and Water Development for Poverty Reduction and Regional Development: Issues and Options for Gujarat State....Pages 199-229
A New Perspective on Water Development and Poverty Reduction in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey....Pages 231-259
Household Water (in)Security in Jordan: Water for Poor Households....Pages 261-278
Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semi-Arid Areas: A Case Study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western-India....Pages 279-293
Evaluating the Role of Water Resources Development in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study from Jordan....Pages 295-306
Conclusions....Pages 307-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-323

✦ Subjects

Economic Growth; Hydrogeology; Environmental Management