Shifting rights and access to irrigation water in a context of growing scarcity: the Krishna Basin, south India
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9 juillet 2021
- doi: 10.4000/books.pupo.3425
- isbn: 9782840160953
- eisbn: 9782821850859
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Jean-Philippe Venot, « Shifting rights and access to irrigation water in a context of growing scarcity: the Krishna Basin, south India », Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest, ID : 10.4000/books.pupo.3425
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Introduction: are water rights right? In many regions water use for urban, industrial and agricultural growth is approaching, and sometimes even exceeding, the availability of renewable water resources. Conflicts over access and allocation of water become more likely. Intense water development results in over-commitment of water and river basin closure. A generally accepted definition of a closed river basin is a basin where most or all available water is committed and river discharge falls ...