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020 _a9780199464166
028 _a:International Book Distributors
_b:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
_c:115447
_d:29/06/2020
082 _a333.910 NAR
100 _aNarain, Vishal
245 _aWater security in peri-urban South Asia
_b: adapting to climate change and urbanization
_c/ Vishal Narain
260 _aNew Delhi, India
_b: Oxford University Press,
_c2016.
300 _axx, 314 pages
_c24cm.
365 _b895
505 _aIntroduction: Urbanization, Climate Change, and Peri-urban Water Security in South Asia--A Framework for Analysis -- Urban Burden on Peri-urban Areas: Shared Use of a River in a Coastal City Vulnerable to Climate Change -- Urbanization, Climate Change, and Water Security in Peri-urban Gurgaon, India -- Expanding City, Shrinking Water Resources, and the Vulnerability of Communities Living on the Edge in Hyderabad, India -- Growing Urbanization, Changing Climate, and Adaptation in Peri-urban Kathmandu: Emerging Shapes of Water and Livelihood Security -- Gendered and Caste Spaces in Household Water Use: A Case of Aliabad Village in Peri-urban Hyderabad, India -- Changing Environment, Changing Waters: An Analysis of Drinking Water Access of Vulnerable Groups in Peri-urban Sultanpur -- Local Perception of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses of Peri-urban Residents in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal -- Mapping Gains and Losses from the Mayur Ecosystem -- Conclusion: Towards Peri-urban Water Security--Implications for Adaptive Capacity, Public Policy, and Future Research and Action.
520 _aThis volume documents and analyses the experiences of the urban periphery in three developing nations - India, Nepal, and Bangladesh - in terms of water security and access, adaptation to climate change and urban expansion.
650 _a Economics
650 _aEconomics of land & energy
650 _aWater-supply -- South Asia.
650 _aClimate change mitigation -- South Asia.
650 _aUrbanization -- South Asia.
650 _aClimate change mitigation.
650 _aWater security.
650 _aUrbanization.
650 _aWater-supply.
700 _aNarain, Vishal
700 _aAnjal Prakash
942 _cBOOK