Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia

Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia

This report presents the findings of a diagnostic study examining pathways and options for strengthening the governance of South Asia’s groundwater resources in the face of climate change and increasing reliance on the resource by dependent communi...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
GROUNDWATER
DROUGHT RESILIENCE
SOUTH ASIA WATER INITIATIVE
CLIMATE CHANGE
SURFACE WATER
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DROUGHT
GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONAL MANDATES
CAPACITY BUILDING
FLOODS
IRRIGATION
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/263191580270662719/Managing-Groundwater-for-Drought-Resilience-in-South-Asia-Delivered-under-the-South-Asia-Water-Initiative-SAWI-Regional-Cross-Cutting-Knowledge-Dialogue-and-Cooperation-Focus-Area
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spelling okr-10986-333322021-06-14T10:00:35Z Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia World Bank GROUNDWATER DROUGHT RESILIENCE SOUTH ASIA WATER INITIATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE SURFACE WATER WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DROUGHT GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONAL MANDATES CAPACITY BUILDING FLOODS IRRIGATION STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT This report presents the findings of a diagnostic study examining pathways and options for strengthening the governance of South Asia’s groundwater resources in the face of climate change and increasing reliance on the resource by dependent communities, particularly during times of drought. This study identifies, analyzes, and recommends management interventions that aid reforms of groundwater governance and, thus, greater sustainability of groundwater; in addition, these management interventions can strengthen drought resilience within the South Asia region. A broad analytical framework and a series of case studies comprise most of the report. These cover a range of policy and management approaches in different hydrogeological and socioeconomic settings with reference to key groundwater challenges. They provide insights and potential solutions, tailored to specific groundwater resources and contextual problems across South Asia. 2020-02-18T17:01:05Z 2020-02-18T17:01:05Z 2020-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/263191580270662719/Managing-Groundwater-for-Drought-Resilience-in-South-Asia-Delivered-under-the-South-Asia-Water-Initiative-SAWI-Regional-Cross-Cutting-Knowledge-Dialogue-and-Cooperation-Focus-Area W19027 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33332 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study South Asia India Pakistan
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topic GROUNDWATER
DROUGHT RESILIENCE
SOUTH ASIA WATER INITIATIVE
CLIMATE CHANGE
SURFACE WATER
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DROUGHT
GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONAL MANDATES
CAPACITY BUILDING
FLOODS
IRRIGATION
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
spellingShingle GROUNDWATER
DROUGHT RESILIENCE
SOUTH ASIA WATER INITIATIVE
CLIMATE CHANGE
SURFACE WATER
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DROUGHT
GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONAL MANDATES
CAPACITY BUILDING
FLOODS
IRRIGATION
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
World Bank
Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia
geographic_facet South Asia
India
Pakistan
description This report presents the findings of a diagnostic study examining pathways and options for strengthening the governance of South Asia’s groundwater resources in the face of climate change and increasing reliance on the resource by dependent communities, particularly during times of drought. This study identifies, analyzes, and recommends management interventions that aid reforms of groundwater governance and, thus, greater sustainability of groundwater; in addition, these management interventions can strengthen drought resilience within the South Asia region. A broad analytical framework and a series of case studies comprise most of the report. These cover a range of policy and management approaches in different hydrogeological and socioeconomic settings with reference to key groundwater challenges. They provide insights and potential solutions, tailored to specific groundwater resources and contextual problems across South Asia.
format Report
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia
title_short Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia
title_full Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia
title_fullStr Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia
title_full_unstemmed Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia
title_sort managing groundwater for drought resilience in south asia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/263191580270662719/Managing-Groundwater-for-Drought-Resilience-in-South-Asia-Delivered-under-the-South-Asia-Water-Initiative-SAWI-Regional-Cross-Cutting-Knowledge-Dialogue-and-Cooperation-Focus-Area
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33332
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